# White Deer Grotto Academy (白鹿洞书院)

Lushan Mountain (Mount Lu), Jiangxi Province · East China, China · Guidebook rating: 3/5
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## Key facts

- **Admission:** ¥40
- **Opening hours:** 7：30—18：00
- **Time needed:** 1–2 hours
- **Address:** On the border of Haihui Town, Mount Lu, and Bailu Township, Lushan City
- **Getting there:** Located at No. 27 Huanshan Highway, Haihui Town, Lushan City; from downtown Jiujiang take a bus toward Haihui Town, then a taxi; or drive with navigation to White Deer Grotto Academy
- **Good for:** History & Culture, Hiking & Outdoors

## About White Deer Grotto Academy

Among Mount Lu’s many attractions, the White Deer Grotto Academy, rebuilt and expanded by the great scholar Zhu Xi, is the easiest to overlook. Yet for any Chinese, the academy is a deeply significant place. It ranks first among China’s Four Great Academies. Apart from the Yuelu Academy in Hunan, it is the only one of these academies to have survived and been well preserved, and it is the White Deer Grotto in Jiangxi.

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Source: China Self-Guided Travel 2025 (《中国自助游》, Tianjin Science & Technology Press, Aug 2024), p. 1457. Prices, hours and transport details are as printed in the August 2024 edition and may have changed. Always confirm with the venue before you travel.
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