岳麓书院 — Attraction in Changsha

Yuelu academy is on the east side of Yuelu Mountain in Changsha, Hunan province, on the west bank of the Xiang River. As one of the four most prestigious academies over the last 1000 years in China, Yuelu Academy has been a famous institution of higher learning as well as a centre of academic activities and cultures since it was formally set up during the Northern Song Dynasty. The academy was converted into the Hunan Institute of Higher Learning in 1903. It was later renamed Hunan Normal College, Hunan Public Polytechnic School, and finally Hunan University in 1926. Yuelu Academy was once a center of Confucian...

Not worth the money and a waste of time as it‘s quite boring. Furthermore they discriminate against foreigners by only giving student discount to Chinese students, they just charged my card the full price without telling me even though I provided a...

Very famous thousand year old academy that I read from history. It's part of Hunan university now on the foothill of back mountain. It was cold, raining and near close time, so I only circled around the back mountain of...