The work of famous calligraphers can be seen at the White Deer Cave Academy, which ranks frist among other ancient academies in China. Zhu Xi revitalized the academy, making it an important cultural cradle that popularized the Confucian idealist philosophy during the Song and Ming Dynasties and continues to serve as a model of academy-based education to this day.[Photo by Jia Yue for Chinadaily.com.cn]