Xiangtan Xiangxiang Dongshan Academy Tourist Area Travel Guide

Scenic spot introduction:

Xiangtan Xiangxiang Dongshan Academy Tourist Area has produced outstanding talents such as Mao Zedong, Tan Zheng, and Chen Geng. It is an old school with a glorious revolutionary tradition. The biggest feature of the academy is that it has four classes: arithmetic, style, dialect, and business. It creates scholars by subject. It emphasizes "respecting reality" in cultivating talents, "teaching them practical things, and practicing practical skills" in order to "cultivate talents." Although it did not exist for a long time, it pioneered new education in Hunan, which is of great significance. Dongshan Academy, which has gone through hundreds of years of vicissitudes, is still well preserved thanks to the efforts of Dongshan people of all generations. It is simple and elegant, solemn and beautiful, with brackets and cornices.

Attractions distribution:

Dongshan Academy is located at No. 1, Shuyuan Road, Xiangxiang City, and was originally named Dongshan Jingshe. It is about an hour's drive from Xiangtan city. The academy has basically retained its original appearance more than a hundred years ago. It is a complex of buildings dating from the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. It adopts a axially symmetrical multi-courtyard spatial layout, consisting of walls, palaces, a river, stone bridges, and three entrances (the head gate, the main hall, and the main hall). It consists of a lecture hall, a ceremonial hall), five rooms in the east and west, and a library. It also incorporates the architectural characteristics of local temples and Western architectural styles. When you are in it, the breath of centuries-old culture hits your face, and your heart becomes clear and clear.

Scenic spot qualifications:

National 4A-level scenic spot, patriotism education base

Scenic spot features:

Leisure, sightseeing, history and culture, historical sites