
Chaoge (“Oar Song”), sung when rowing a boat, is a type of folk song popular in the Southern Dynasties. The Jiuqu Zhaoge (“Oar Song of the Nine Bends”) was written by Zhu Xi in the year following the year in which the Wuyi Jingshe (Study Hall) was built. When boating on the Jiuqu (Nine-Bend) Stream along Mount Wuyi, one can see the lines of this poem carved on the cliff. The Wuyi Study Hall and other academies at Mount Wuyi established by Zhu Xi became the most influential academies at that time. Many scholars from these academies became famous Neo-Confucians and founded an influential Neo-Confucian school. Zhu Xi and his disciples and descendents left invaluable cultural remains at Mount Wuyi. An example is the Wuyi Study Hall, where can be found philosophically meaningful inscriptions left by Zhu Xi and other Neo-Confucians as well as the inscription on a tombstone at Mount Wuyi by Zhu Xi, the shecang (community granary) built by Zhu Xi and others. Mount Wuyi’s cultural significance increased under the influence of Zhu Xi, and Mount Wuyi thus became a famous Chinese mountain.

