The philosopher's park

Situated in Xiuwen county, the Wang Yangming Cultural Park covering an area of 38,860 square meters, has been listed as one of the highest ranked projects in the county's cultural construction plan during the next five years.

As a well-known, historic site in Guizhou province, Wang Yangming's house, built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), will be a core feature of the park, the first stage of which has cost more than 900 million yuan ($150 million).

Wang Yangming (1472-1529) was a well-known philosopher and educator, whose theories have had great influence in China, Japan and other Southeast-Asian countries.