Xiūwǔ

Xiuwu lies at the southern foot of the Taihang Mountains. The area was associated with the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, third-century scholars remembered for conversation, music and a life apart from court politics. Local gazetteers identified Baijiayan in the hills with the old Shanyang dwelling of Xi Kang, one of the seven, keeping their literary and philosophical reputation alive in the landscape.