Dongpo Academy
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The Dongpo Academy or Dongpo Academy of Classical Learning , was an academy located in Hainan
Hainan
Hainan is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China . Although the province comprises some two hundred islands scattered among three archipelagos off the southern coast, of its land mass is Hainan Island , from which the province takes its name...

, China
China
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. It was originally built in 1098 in memory of the Song
Song
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 dynasty literary figure, Su Dongpo, who was exiled here.

The Zaijiutang (载酒堂 Zài jiǔ táng) is the building where Su Dongpo lived and gave lectures during exile. The Dongpo Academy is located near the town of Zhonghe
Zhonghe
Zhonghe is the name of several places in mainland China and Taiwan. It may refer to:* Zhonghe Festival, a traditional Chinese festival*Zhonghe District, district of New Taipei, Taiwan*Zhonghe Subdistrict , Shuangliu County, Sichuan...

, 40 km from Danzhou
Danzhou
Danzhou is a city in the northwest of the Chinese island province of Hainan. It is a County-level city administered directly by the province.- See also :* Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China...

(Nada) city. It is now a tourist attraction.
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