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Former Site of Qiushi Academy 求是书院旧址Qiúshì Shūyuàn Jiùzhǐ
National heritage site · Hangzhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- Under 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hangzhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Former Site of Qiushi Academy
The two surviving halls of Puci Temple on Daxue Road, where Qiushi Academy, one of China's first colleges on a Western model and the forerunner of Zhejiang University, opened in 1897. The site served as the Zhejiang University campus until 1956; most of it is now housing and shops, and only the main and side halls of the temple remain.
How to get to Former Site of Qiushi Academy
On Daxue Road in Shangcheng District, about 300 m north of the old Zhejiang Library building and 2 km east of West Lake; the two halls stand among later buildings, so check locally whether they can be entered.
Nearby
- West Lake 西湖 under 10 km
The lake that taught China what a perfect landscape should look like - Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng 灵隐寺 under 10 km
A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings
Also within 20 km: Former Zhejiang Xingye Bank Building 浙江兴业银行旧址 (under 10 km), Phoenix Mosque 凤凰寺 (under 10 km), Sutra Pillar of Longxing Temple 龙兴寺经幢 (under 10 km), Southern Song Capital Lin'an & Deshou Palace Museum 临安城遗址 (under 10 km), Qinghefang Historic District 清河坊 (under 10 km), Hu Qing Yu Tang & Hu Xueyan's Former Residence 胡庆余堂 (under 10 km).
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