What are the "Four Academies" in China during the Northern Song Dynasty?

The "four major academies" refer to Yingtianfu Academy (now south of Suiyang Lake in Shangqiu, Henan Province), Yuelu Academy (now Yuelu Mountain in Changsha, Hunan Province), Bailudong Academy (now Lushan Mountain in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province) and Songyang Academy (now Songshan Mountain in Dengfeng, Zhengzhou, Henan Province) (or maybe Shigu Academy).

1, Yingtian Academy

Yingtian Academy, also known as Yingtianfu Academy, Suiyang Academy, Nanjing Academy, Du Nan Academy and Nanjing imperial academy, is located in the south bank of Shangqiu Ancient City, Suiyang District, Shangqiu City, Henan Province. Yingtian Academy has a long history, huge scale, far-reaching influence and talented people, ranking among the top four academies in the Northern Song Dynasty. In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, academies were mostly located in mountain resorts, while Tianyuan was located in a bustling urban area with many talents.

2. Yuelu Academy

Yuelu Academy is located at the foot of Yuelu Mountain, the last peak of Nanyue 72 Peak in Changsha City, Hunan Province. In the Five Dynasties, Zhixuan and other monks built houses in Yuelu to run schools, forming the embryonic form of the academy.

3. Bailudong Academy

Bailudong Academy, located at the southern foot of Wulaofeng in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, is a world cultural landscape, enjoying the reputation of "the first academy in China" and being rated as "the first of the four major academies in China".

4. Songyang Academy

Songyang Academy is located at the southern foot of Songshan Mountain, 2.5 kilometers north of Dengfeng City, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. Because it is located in the sun of Songshan Mountain, facing Shuangxi River and backed by dangerous peaks, it is named Songyang Academy.

5. Shek Gu Academy

Shigu Academy is located in Shigu Mountain, Shigu District, Hengyang City, Hunan Province. In the 5th year of Tang and Yuan Dynasties (AD 8 10), Li Kuan, a gifted scholar in Hengzhou, built a school called Qiushi (Li Kuanzhong Scholar Academy) next to Hejiang Pavilion, where he devoted himself to research and established the prototype of Shigu Academy.

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On April 29th, 1998, the State Post Bureau held the launching ceremony of "Siyuan" stamps in Shangqiu. The selected institutions are Yingtian College, Yuelu College, Bailudong College and Songyang College.

Because the Shigu Academy was destroyed by the Japanese war, people who came to Shigu Academy for field trips only saw rocks, but not the Academy. Later, he was re-elected to Songyang Academy in Dengfeng, Henan. 20 15 12 12 Xinzhou Jinwen Academy, which is as famous as Bailudong Academy and Yuelu Academy, was built within a century.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Four Ancient Chinese Academies

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