Wǔyíshān

The Wuyi Mountains rise along the borderlands of Fujian and Zhejiang, their forested ridges sheltering a rich variety of plants and animals. In the dramatic gorges of the Nine Bend River stand temples and the remains of academies. The Song scholar Zhu Xi lived and taught in the mountains, and his work helped make Wuyi a centre from which Neo-Confucian learning spread across East Asia.