Wansong Academy is located on the Wansong Mountain in the south of Hangzhou, with hills on three sides, Qiantang River to the left, West Lake to the right and back against Fenghuang Mountain, giving people an ethereal, quiescent and picturesque experience.

“Pinewood at foot of green hill is luxuriant and green, a bright moon shines upon the ten-mile sand levee.” Owing to these two lines of poetry Returning At Night of Bai Juyi, the famous poet in Tang Dynasty, the phrase of “Wansong” appears. And then the name of “Wansong Academy” comes from it. The Academy, firstly built in the year 11 of Emperor Hong Zhi of the Ming Dynasty (1498), once ranked No.1 in four famous academies of Hangzhou and was the top education institution of Zhejiang Province. In 2002, Hangzhou Municipal People’s Government rebuilt the academy on the original site, representing the elegant demeanor of “elite school” more than 500 years ago.

The legendary story of “studying in the same school for 3 years” of LIANG Shanbo and ZHU Yingtai just happens in Wansong Academy, supplementing another cultural ambience to Wansong Academy. Therefore, it becomes the tourist attraction of harmonious blending of traditional Chinese ancient civilization and the warm “Butterfly Lovers” Culture.

（Source: Official Website of Wansong Academy）