Songyang Academy

Henan


At the foot of Mt Taishi sits one of China’s oldest academies, the lush and well-tended Songyang Academy, a building complex that dates from AD 484 and rises up the hill on a series of terraces. In the courtyard are two cypress trees believed to be around 4500 years old – and they’re still alive.

Both bus 2 and bus 6 (¥1) run to the Songyang Academy.


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