Historically, Songyang Academy is famous for its Neo-Confucianism, rich cultural heritage and strange cultural relics. Songshan area has been an important area of Confucian school activities since ancient times. There are Songyang Academy, Yinggu Academy, Shao Shi Academy, Cheng Nan Academy and Cungu Academy, among which Songyang Academy is the most prominent. "Academy song is the most clear, stone floor remember the name of the Forbidden City. The sound of the mountain stream stays in the rain, and the fragrance of chrysanthemum and bamboo likes sunny days. When I first arrived here, I couldn't say goodbye, and the Chinese sentences in my voice occasionally became. In the 15th year of Qianlong (A.D. 1750), Li Hong, Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, wrote a poem in praise when he visited Songyang Academy on October 1st.
Songyang Academy used to be a place of Buddhism and Taoism in history, but the longest and most famous is as a holy place of Confucianism. Songyang Academy was founded in the eighth year of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 484) as Songyang Temple, which is a place for Buddhist activities. During the Daye period of Yang Di (605-6 18), it was renamed Songyangguan, which was a place for Taoist activities. In the first year of Tang Hongdao (A.D. 683), when Emperor Li Zhi visited Songshan Mountain, he named it "Fengtian Palace". During the Five Dynasties (AD 95 1-960), it was changed to Taiyi Academy. In the second year of Song Renzong Jing Shou (1035), it was named Songyang Academy. Since then, it has been an educational place for celebrities to teach classics.
Songyang Academy is one of the birthplaces of Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty. Cheng Hao, Cheng Yi, Sima Guang and Fan Zhongyan, founders of Neo-Confucianism in Song Dynasty, all gave lectures in Songyang Academy, and part of Sima Guang's masterpiece Zi Tong Zhi Jian was written in Songyang Academy. At the end of Ming Dynasty, the academy was destroyed by fire, and was rebuilt and built in Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. In its heyday, it had a study field of more than 1750 mu, hundreds of students, and more than 2,000 books, such as Complete Works of Zhu Xi, Essentials of Sex, Four Books and Nine Classics of the Day, etc. In the late Qing Dynasty, the imperial examination system was abolished and schools were established. After more than 1000 years of academy education, he completed the imperial examination procedure. However, as a bright pearl in the history of ancient education in China, the Academy will go down in history forever. In 2009, the ancient Songyang Academy was rejuvenated again, and the Songyang Academy of Zhengzhou University was established. Songyang Academy has been rebuilt and repaired many times in the past dynasties, and the architectural layout of the academy has always maintained the style before the Qing Dynasty.
There is a Tang monument at the entrance of the Academy, which is 9 meters high, 2.04 meters wide and 1.05 meters thick. Monument system is the crown of Songshan Mountain. In the third year of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty (AD 774), Li wrote an article mainly describing the story of Sun Taichong, a Taoist priest in Songyang, who made nine rounds of alchemy for Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. Xu Hao, a great calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, wrote. Eight-point official script, neat handwriting, both rigid and flexible. There is Pei on the top of the monument, and the forehead is engraved. Double dragons and Kirin are embossed on both sides of the forehead. The top of the monument cap is a treasure ball, protected by two capuchin lions, and the moire is natural and smooth. There are stone niches and carved samurai statues around the base, with different movements. Holding snakes, toads and fighting with fish are all vivid. It embodies the high artistic attainments of sculptures in the Tang Dynasty. This monument is not only beautifully carved, but also exquisitely stoned. In the open air, after 1200 years of wind and rain erosion, the surface of the monument remains as smooth as new. Because the inscription was written by Li, Jiang Ji, the supervisor of the Ming Dynasty, left a poem saying, "The roadside monument reads red." Heartbreaks are like swords and guns, and words are like honey. Tang Jia's words to virtue are written by wicked people. Don't pollute the room for a long time. "Discuss his treachery in power.
General cypress in Songyang Academy is the existing primitive cypress in China. Poet Li said in his poem: "Brothel flies back and is uprooted." It was sealed to the Han Dynasty and planted in HarmonyOS system. According to legend, in the first year of Yuanfeng in the Western Han Dynasty (BC 1 10), when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty visited Zhongyue, three tall and lush ancient cypresses were named General, Second General and Third General respectively. Now there are only two trees left, namely General and Second General. Second, the general's circumference 15 meters, about 30 meters high. There is a dry hole in the lower part of the trunk, which can accommodate five to six people. North and south are connected, and people can stand upright. Although the bark is peeling off and the trunk is bell-shaped, it is full of vitality. Second, the average cypress is tall and straight, with lush foliage. It's amazing.
1936 In September, accompanied by Shang Zhen, Zhang Jingyu, Qian Dajun and others, Mr. Chiang Kai-shek went to Luoyang to celebrate his 50th birthday and visited Songshan. When I visited Songyang Academy, I saw that it was surrounded by mountains and the environment was quiet, but the nearby Shan Ye was short of water. I immediately ordered Zhang Jingyu, director of the Henan Provincial Construction Department, to adjust the well team and dig a hundred-meter deep well in Songyang Academy, named Jiang Gongjing. This is the first deep well in Songshan, and it has been well preserved so far.