Shigu Academy

Shigu academy is the first of the four academies in China. It is located in shigu District of Hengyang City, the second largest city in Hunan Province and a famous historical and cultural city in China. It is 69 meters above sea level and covers an area of 4000 square meters.

The stone drum academy has a stone drum about two meters high. Jin zhongchu's "stone drum book" says: "the sound of the stone contains potential sound, and the thunder shakes nine days." Li Daoyuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty wrote in shuijingzhu: "the stone drum is six feet high, the Xiangshui river passes by, and the drum sound is related to the military revolution." Shigu mountain is precipitous and straight, with strange scenery. It has been known as the first scenic spot in Hunan.

Hengyang, a famous city, is full of people and culture. Shigu academy is a thousand year old institution that has gone through Tang, song, yuan, Ming, Qing and Republic of China. It has been expanded and repaired many times. Su Shi, Zhou Dunyi, Zhu Xi, Zhang Wei, Cheng Xun, Zheng Xiang, Zhan Ruoshui, ye Zhao, Zou Shouyi, Mao Kun, Kuang Minben, Zhao Dazhou, Lin Xueyi, Wang jingsuo, Cai Runan, Hu Dongshan, Li Tongye, Luo Jinyin, Wang Kaiyun and Zeng Xi teach here, In Hengyang, he cultivated a large number of celebrities who had great influence on Chinese history, such as Wang Juren, Xia Rubi, Guan Siqiu, Zou Tonglu, Zhu bingru, Wu Dingxiang, Zeng Chaojie, Chen zongqi, Wang Fuzhi, Zeng Guofan, Peng Yulin, Peng Shu, Yang Du and Qi Baishi. Luo Han, Li Daoyuan, Qi Ying, Yu Wenxuan, Du Fu, LV Wen, Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Liu Yuxi, Fan Chengda, Xin Qiji, Wen Tianxiang, Xu Xiake and so on came here one after another. They gave lectures, wrote poems, inscribed steles on the wall, or sought the secluded scenery.

Shigu Academy

Shigu academy is located in shigu mountain, shigu District, Hengyang City, which is an important city in central and southern Hunan Province. It is the birthplace of Huxiang culture and the first resort in Hunan Province. It was founded in the fifth year of the Tang Dynasty (806-820), and has a history of more than 1200 years.

Li kuanbu, a scholar of Tang Dynasty, came to Nanyue after Li mi. He saw that shigu mountain was surrounded by three rivers: Xiangjiang River, Zhengshui River and Leishui river. Therefore, he studied in Lu and founded the earliest Academy in ancient China.

Zhao Guangyi, Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty, gave the name of "shigu academy".

In 997 ad, Li Shizhen, a native of Hengzhou, expanded his academy as a lecture Center for Hengzhou scholars.

In the second year of Jingyou (1035 A.D.) of the Northern Song Dynasty, song Renzong granted "shigu academy", which is known as the four major academies in China together with Yingtian academy, Bailudong academy and Yuelu Academy.

The main buildings of Shigu academy are Wuhou Temple, Li Zhongjie temple, Daguanlou, Qixian temple, Jingye hall and Hejiang Pavilion.

In July 1944, shigu Academy was destroyed by Japanese artillery in Hengyang defense war. In 2006, Hengyang Municipal People's government restored the Qing dynasty pattern and rebuilt shigu Academy.

Brief introduction to the Academy

Built in the Tang Dynasty, Hengzhou Shigushan (now Shigushan, shigu District, Hengyang City), hence its name. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the governor of the imperial court set up a river Pavilion on the left side of the mountain. During the Yuanhe reign of emperor Xianzong, Li Kuan, a native of Hengzhou, built a house on the top of the mountain and studied among them. In 978, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty awarded the plaque of "shigu academy" by Zhao Guangyi, and in the third year of Emperor Taizong's reign of Zhidao

In 1997, Li Shizhen, a native of Hengzhou, asked the sheriff to set up a formal academy here to recruit students to give lectures. In 1035, Liu Hang, who was the school manager of Jixian hall, reported the story of Shigu academy to the emperor when he was the magistrate of Hengzhou. He was listed as the first of the four academies in the world at the beginning of Song Dynasty by the general examination of literature. During the reign of emperor Renzong, it was abandoned for a time. During the reign of emperor Xiaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty, the scale of the former courtyard was increased because of the restoration and expansion of the former site, and it was not abandoned until the end of Ning Dynasty. Zhu Xi wrote about it.

Academy system is a unique educational organization in China, which has not existed for more than 1000 years from Tang Dynasty to Qing Dynasty. There are 11 academies in the Tang Dynasty, and 17 academies in local historical records (based on Chen Yuanhui's ancient Chinese Academy system, Wang Jingdi's general certificate of academies and Zhou Shuluo's research on academy system). There are only three of them: Li Kuan Zhongxiu Academy in Hengyang (shigu Academy), Nanxi Academy in Nanxi, and Feijun Academy in Yongji.

There are 11 academies in the whole Tang poetry

Li mi Academy (Nanyue Hengshan yehou Academy), Dilang Xinxiu academy, Zhao's Kunji academy, Du Zhongcheng academy, Fei Jun academy, Li Kuanzhong Xiucai academy, Nanxi academy, Li qunyu academy, Tian Jiangjun academy, zinephew academy, Shen bin Jinshi Academy

The local chronicles indicate that there are 17 academies in Tang Dynasty

Li Zheng academy, Zhang Jiuzong academy, Shigu academy, Huangliao academy, song Zhou academy, Castle Peak academy, Yingzhou academy, Jingxing academy, Yemen academy, Afeng academy, Wei Zhou academy (Heng Mountain), Lu Pan Academy (Heng Mountain), duling Academy (Leiyang), Ming Dao Shu Yuan, Wutong academy, GUI Yan Academy.

It is confirmed from the above historical facts that shigu academy is the only one of the four major academies in China, which became famous in the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, Qi Ying, Yu Wenxuan, LV Wen, Han Changli, Zou Jun and other famous scholars left poems in shigu. According to the local chronicle Kaifeng County Chronicle, Songshan Academy was founded in the Five Dynasties and Zhou Dynasty, more than 200 years later than shigu Academy.

geographical environment

Shigu academy is located in shigu mountain, shigu District, Hengyang City, an important town in central and southern China. It is located at the intersection of Xiangjiang River, Zhengshui River and Leishui River in Hengyang City, with an altitude of 69 meters. It is one of the four major academies in China. It was founded in 810 A.D. of the Tang Dynasty and has a history of more than 1200 years. The birthplace of Huxiang culture and the first resort in Hunan, is a cultural tourism resort integrating lectures, stone exploration, sightseeing and leisure

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Shigu academy is adjacent to Qingcao bridge, an ancient stone bridge in Hengyang. "A thousand poems in Zhuling cave" and "a hundred wine houses at qingcaohaotou" in Hengyang's eight sceneries are also here. For thousands of years, literati and poets have come in droves, drinking wine in the wind, reciting poems and writing Fu with endless charm

Hengyang is rich in natural resources, rich in human resources and rich in culture.

building structure

Shigu academy covers an area of 4000 square meters, surrounded by water on three sides and empty on four sides. It has a unique geographical location, beautiful scenery, shady trees, pavilions and pavilions, overhanging eaves, rippling sails on the river, and late singing of fishing songs. It has been known as "shigu Jiangshan splendid China" since ancient times. The academy has a stone drum about two meters high. Jin zhongchu's "stone drum book" says: "the sound of the stone contains potential sound, and the thunder shakes nine days." Li Daoyuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty wrote in shuijingzhu: "the stone drum is six feet high, the Xiangshui river passes by, and the drum sound is related to the military revolution." Shigu mountain is precipitous and straight, with strange scenery. It has been known as the first scenic spot in Hunan.

Get honor

Shigu academy is a thousand year old institution which has gone through the seven dynasties of Tang, song, yuan, Ming, Qing, Republic of China and the Republic of China. It has been expanded and repaired many times. Su Shi, Zhou Dunyi, Zhu Xi, Zhang Yi, Cheng Xun, Zheng Xiang, Zhan Ruoshui, ye Zhao, Zou Shouyi, Mao Kun, Kuang Minben, Zhao Dazhou, Lin Xueyi, Wang jingsuo, Cai Runan, Hu Dongshan, Li Tongye, Luo Jinyin, Wang Yiyun and Zeng Xi are here In Hengyang, Wang Juren, Xia Rubi, Guan Siqiu, Zou Tonglu, Zhu bingru, Wu Dingxiang, Zeng Chaojie, Chen zongqi, Wang Fuzhi, Zeng Guofan, Peng Yulin, Peng Shu, Yang Du, Qi Baishi and many other celebrities who had a great influence on Chinese history were cultivated. Luo Han, Li Daoyuan, Qi Ying, Yu Wenxuan, Du Fu, LV Wen, Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Liu Yuxi and Fan Chengda

, Xin Qiji, Wen Tianxiang, Xu Xiake

And so on followed here, or lecturing, or writing poems

, or inscriptions on the wall, or search for a range rover, its shape is magnificent.

Shigu academy, built in shigu mountain of Hengzhou in Tang Dynasty, is the earliest Academy with exact historical records among the four major academies in China

. As the first of "four academies" in Song Dynasty and the birthplace of Huxiang Culture

Shigu academy flourished for thousands of years and enjoyed a relatively high position in the history of Chinese Academy, education and culture

. As the saying goes, "when the stone comes out of Hunan to attack the wrong jade, the drum rings Hengyue and shakes the southern sky."

. Unfortunately, in July 1944, shigu Academy was destroyed by Japanese artillery in Hengyang

. In June 2006, Hengyang Municipal People's Government rebuilt shigu Academy.

History of development

Shigu academy is one of the four major academies in Song Dynasty and the birthplace of Huxiang culture. It has flourished for thousands of years and is well-known in the government and the public. It enjoys a high position in the history of Chinese Academy, education and culture. It is the so-called "stone out of steaming Hunan, attack wrong jade, drum ring Hengyang Mountain Earthquake South sky"! In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, although shigu Academy was separated from the state and government schools, its official color was still strong.

In July 1944, shigu Academy was destroyed by Japanese artillery in Hengyang. In June 2007, Hengyang Municipal People's Government rebuilt shigu Academy.

three countries

In the 20th year of Jian'an (215 AD), Zhuge Liang lived in shigu mountain and supervised the military Fu of Lingling, Changsha and Guiyang. Therefore, later generations built "Wuhou Temple" in the south of Shigu mountain (according to the records of Xu Xiake's Travels), and later moved to the side of Li Zhongjie temple on shigu mountain and renamed it "Wuhou Temple" [in the temple, there is a book named "Wuhou Temple" (regular script), written by Zhang nanxuan, which was lost in the Hengyang defense war].

The southern and Northern Dynasties

It is said that the stone drum is called because it is empty on all sides and its shape is like a drum. Li Daoyuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty wrote in shuijingzhu: "the mountain is green and round, just like its drum. The mountain is pure stone without soil, so it is named after the shape." On the other hand, it is because it is surrounded by water on three sides, and the sound of water waves is like a drum. In Jin Dynasty, flattering zhongchu's poem of watching stone drum says: "the sound of stone is latent, thunder is hidden

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