This is my experience in Beijing, China in the Summer of 2009.
If you came to this webpage first, it's better if you
start from the beginning of the story.
At the Hongcun Village at Huangshan.
The introductory sign to South Lake Academy.
Again, the tour guides provided no explanation to the significance
of this place.
Looking on-line, this school was the merging of 6 different schools in the village during
the Qing dynasty. Evidently it was a big deal back then.