Introduction to the Academician's Hall: It is called the examination shed among the people and is the place where children were tested in the feudal imperial examination system. In the 15th year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty (1835), Zheng Tingrong and his son, a local village sage in Cicheng, generously donated 24,000 taels of silver to build the academy hall, which was later destroyed. The existing academic hall was rebuilt according to the detailed drawings in Cixi County Chronicles during the Guangxu period. It faces south and covers an area of ​​nearly 8,000 square meters. The whole group of buildings has a traditional Chinese central axis symmetry layout: from south to north on the central axis are the main entrance, the instrument gate, the lobby, the second hall, and the examination room; the left and right axes There are literary venues, public temples, etc. symmetrically built on the top, adopting the traditional Ming and Qing architectural styles.

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