Xiùróng

Xiurong is the old name of the settlement that became Xinzhou, in a basin of northern Shanxi. Its Confucian school and temple once stood on the rise southwest of the town before the temple was moved in 1492. In 1775 the Xiurong Academy was founded on the old school site. Its teachers instructed students in the Confucian classics and literary composition, making it an important centre of learning for the prefecture.