Tónglú

Tonglu lies beside the Fuchun River, where wooded mountains rise above its winding waters. On the riverbank stands the fishing terrace associated with Yan Ziling, the Han recluse whose refusal of office made him a model of withdrawal from public life. The Song official Fan Zhongyan built a shrine to Yan, and in 1228 it was expanded into an academy with lecture halls and rooms for students. The site continued to draw visitors in later centuries. The Ming philosopher Wang Yangming travelled upstream to the terrace and wrote of Yan and the landscape around him.