Changsha Yuelu Academy was built in 976 AD. Zhu Dong, the prefect of Tanzhou, built the Yuelu Academy with government donations on the basis of a school run by monks. Yuelu Academy was officially founded. In 1015 AD, Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty summoned Changzhou Shi of Yuelu Mountain and gave him the four-character inscription "Yuelu Academy" on his forehead.
Changsha Yuelu Academy is one of the four famous academies in Chinese history. In 1988, the Yuelu Academy building complex was approved by the State Council as the third batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
Yuelu Academy has become one of the four most famous academies in Chinese history. It is located at the foot of Yuelu Mountain on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River in Changsha, Hunan. Its ancient and traditional academy buildings are still intact today, and every group of courtyards, every stone tablet, every brick and every wind lotus sparkles with the humanistic spirit tempered by time.
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Yuelu Academy, a millennium-old institution, has a historical record of producing numerous talents in Sanxiang, and the song in the Aiwan Pavilion is "Stop and sit in the maple forest at night, the frost leaves are red." "Yuyuehuahua" and the old man with a long beard, that scene is even more unforgettable.
Yuelu Academy now preserves a large number of tablets and cultural relics and is famous throughout the world. For example, the "Lushan Temple Tablet" inscribed in the Tang Dynasty was written by the famous calligrapher Li Yong in the 18th year of Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty (730 AD). It was written and written; Jiangxia Huangxianhele stone seal carving is known as the "three wonders" because of its exquisite writing, calligraphy and stone carving.
The stele is 4 meters high and 1.35 meters wide, with an inscription of more than 1,400 words. This stele is world-famous for its calligraphy and is most valued by artists. It is said that inscriptions on the stele were popular for a while. The brushwork is vigorous and powerful, making it one of the most famous Tang steles.
In addition, there are also the "Yuelu Academy" stone tablets inscribed by Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, the "Stele of Four Proverbs of Chengzi", the imperial plaques of the Qing Dynasty "Xue Da Xing Tian", "Daonan Zhengmai", and the Qing Dynasty inscribed Zhu Xi "Stele of Loyalty, Filial Piety and Integrity", "Stele of Neatness and Seriousness" by Ouyang Zhenghuan, "Stele of Academic Regulations of Yuelu Academy" by Wang Wenqing, etc.