Huazhou Academy
花洲书院
An academy founded when Fan Zhongyan was prefect of Dengzhou, where he wrote “The Record of Yueyang Tower.” Its garden and academy buildings are elegant and old.
Huazhou Academy is in Dengzhou City. Fan Zhongyan founded it during the Qingli era of the Northern Song, when he served as prefect of Dengzhou, and it was here that he wrote the timeless essay “The Record of Yueyang Tower.” The academy consists of the Spring Breeze Hall, the Hall of Ten Thousand Volumes, the Shrine to Fan Wenzheng and the Hundred Flowers Islet garden. It displays Fan Zhongyan’s life and the history of academy education. It is one of the Four Great Academies of the Central Plains and a national 4A-level scenic area. Admission varies, so check on site. Allow 1.5 hours. It is about 60 km from Nanyang city centre, and there are expressway and bus connections between Nanyang and Dengzhou.
Opening hours
About 08:00–18:00
Nearby sights
- Taocha Canal Head (South-North Water Diversion)
- Shifosi Jade Carving Market, Zhenping
- Neixiang County Yamen
- Nanyang Museum of Han Dynasty Stone Carving
- Wolonggang Temple of Marquis Wu
- Nanyang Prefectural Yamen
- Nanyang Prefectural Confucian Temple
- Tomb and Temple of Zhang Zhongjing