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Wang Yangming's Former Residence 王阳明故居Wáng Yángmíng Gùjū
National heritage site · Ningbo, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Ningbo
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Wang Yangming's Former Residence
The birthplace in central Yuyao of Wang Shouren, better known as Wang Yangming (1472–1529), the Ming philosopher who brought the Confucian 'learning of the mind' to its fullest form. Along its axis stand a gatehouse, a sedan-chair hall, a carved brick gate tower, the Shoushan Hall and the two-storey Ruiyun Tower where he was born, rebuilt in 1996, and the house has been a memorial museum since 2007. The protected unit also covers his tomb, on the slopes of Xianxia hill in Lanting, Shaoxing, built in 1529 and reached by a stepped path of more than 100 steps.
How to get to Wang Yangming's Former Residence
In central Yuyao, about 55 km east of Shaoxing and 45 km north-west of Ningbo; the tomb is in the hills about 3 km south of the Orchid Pavilion, 13 km south-west of Shaoxing.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Tongji Bridge, Yuyao 通济桥 (under 10 km), Former Sites of the Eastern Zhejiang Anti-Japanese Base Area, Liangnong 浙东抗日根据地旧址 (20 km).
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