Let's look up at this memorial archway. It was built by alumni on thecentennial anniversary of Wuhan University in 1993. The four octagonal columnsin front welcome students from all directions; the cloud pattern on the head ofthe column indicates the profundity and nobility of the institution of higherlearning. The six characters "national Wuhan University" on the front are saidto have been written by Mr. Wang Shijie, the first president of national WuhanUniversity. The big character "Wen, FA, Li, Gong, Nong, Yi" behind it was thefirst six colleges of Wuhan University. The golden characters in front are themotto of Wuhan University, a famous university with a history of one hundredyears: "self-improvement, perseverance, seeking truth and innovation". On theoccasion of the centennial celebration of the founding of Wuhan University in1993, former President Jiang Zemin wrote an inscription for Wuhan University:"carry forward the fine tradition and cultivate excellent talents".
Wuhan University has been known as a famous university for a hundred years.This is because its predecessor was the self-improvement school founded by ZhangZhidong, governor of Huguang in 1893. It has a history of 110 years. NationalWuhan University was officially named in July 1928
Now we call Wuhan University the new Wuhan University. Why? Because, at theturn of the century in 20__, with the approval of the State Council, the formerWuhan University, Wuhan University of water resources and electric power, WuhanUniversity of Surveying and mapping technology and Hubei Medical Universitymerged to form a new Wuhan University. Lao Wu university is a famous universitywith a history of more than 110 years, and the three universities, namely, waterconservancy and electric power university, Wuhan University of Surveying andmapping, and Hubei Medical University, are among the best in all fields in Chinaand even in Asia. The combination of powerful and powerful also greatly enhancedthe comprehensive strength of Wuhan University. Today we are going to visit thecampus of Laowu University. There are not only teaching buildings, dormitories,supermarkets, food markets, primary schools, middle schools, banks and soon.
Now, please look to the right. This is the Luojia campus culture squarethat we built in 20__. It is the largest cultural square among colleges anduniversities in China. The grass, the winding path, this is our favorite placefor college students. Do you think this building is a bit like Yingde college inmeteor garden? It's the best college in Wuhan University, the Academy of lifesciences? The anti SARS drugs of that year came from this college. The flowerhouse like building in front is a laboratory of academician Yang Hongyuan, afamous plant reproductive biologist in China. In front of the square is the newlibrary of Wuhan University. Built in 1985, it contains books on variousaspects. How big is the library of your school? Now the library we see can holdmore than 2500 students reading books at the same time. There are 22 differentkinds of reading rooms, which not only provide books, but also magazines,newspapers and periodicals. Newspapers from a long time ago can be found here.It is open to students all day, which can be said to be a sea of knowledge forstudents of Wuhan University.
The lake in front of our car used to be called Weiming lake, but we knowthat Weiming lake is a patent of Peking University, so recently Wuhan Universitynamed it Jianhu. Why is it called Jianhu Lake? There is such a saying: it maycome from an allusion between Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty and hisminister Wei Zheng. When Wei Zheng died that year, Emperor Taizong of TangDynasty once said, "you can correct your clothes by taking copper as a mirror;you can know the rise and fall by taking history as a mirror; you can know thegains and losses by taking people as a mirror.". When the lake is calm, it islike a mirror, which can see my own reflection, so as to examine our hearts.
The place where we are now is "plum garden". Because Wuhan Universitycovers a large area, it is divided into four districts, named after plants,namely cherry garden, cinnamon garden, plum garden and Maple Garden. In 1928, weplanned, introduced and selected species. While protecting the originalvegetation, we mobilized all the teachers and students to plant trees accordingto local conditions. Now the green area of Wuhan University is 2300 mu,accounting for 42% of the campus area. Now the campus can be said to be abeautiful botanical garden. The sea of cherry blossoms, the fragrance ofosmanthus, the brilliance of maple and the romance of plum make the schoolbeautiful
The garden decoration is full of vitality. Do you think Wuhan University isbeautiful? The thick green shade not only beautifies the campus environment, butalso regulates the campus climate. In the hot summer, riding a bicycle, sweatingnarrowly into the campus, you suddenly feel much cooler. You obviously feel thatthe temperature of the campus is 2 to 3 degrees lower than that of the urbanarea. It's also a kind of luck to live in Wuhan University, which is like anoutdoor paradise.
Let's take a look at this grove. There is a statue in the middle. Guess whohe is? He is Li Da, the first president of Wuhan University after the foundingof the people's Republic of China, and also the president with the longest term.President Li is a representative of the first National Congress of the CommunistParty of China and the first propaganda minister of the Communist Party ofChina. He is a famous Marxist Leninist philosopher and a very close friend ofChairman Mao. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, Chairman Maoinspected only two universities, Tianjin University and Wuhan University. Atthat time, the president of Wuhan University was Mr. Li Da. Therefore, we oftenjoke that Chairman Mao came to us to "do business for private purposes". Throughthis grove, now we come to the most unique and beautiful place of Wuda scenery -wind and rain playground. On September 12, 1958, grandfather Mao inspected morethan 20000 representatives of teachers and students in Wuhan University. Tocommemorate this event, we changed the name of the stormy playground to "912square". If we stand on the playground and look back, we can see the landmarkadministration building of Wuhan University. All the pictures and books arebased on this building. Have you found that the buildings we see are differentfrom the teaching buildings in other schools? That's because they are all earlybuildings from 1930 to 1936, which is also the most precious cultural heritageleft by our predecessors to our future generations.
On the opposite side of the square is the Institute of science founded atthe founding of Wuhan University. It is an octagonal wall dome with a typicalRoman style building. The dome is also designed to resist the strong wind fromthe East Lake. The administrative building next to us is the former Institute oftechnology. Now the president of Wuhan University works here. It faces north andsouth, with square walls and four corner double eaves glass square roof, fourgroups of rooms facing the main symmetrical layout, is a Byzantine style ofChinese and Western fusion architecture. The ingenious and symmetrical design ofthe architecture of the Institute of science and the Institute of technology notonly reflects the Chinese architectural concept of "a round sky and a roundplace", but also reflects the architect's overall grasp of the essence ofeastern and Western culture. Pay close attention to it. On the wall of every oldbuilding, there is a bronze plate. This is awarded by Wuhan municipal governmentfor the protection of excellent historical buildings. Such rich and concentratedexcellent historical buildings are rarely displayed in a university in China.Therefore, on June 25, 20__, there were 15 26 early buildings in WuhanUniversity, which were approved by the State Council as the fifth batch of keycultural relics protection units in China. You may not be very clear about thenational key cultural relics protection units. Let's take a few examples: theForbidden City and the great wall are all national key cultural relicsprotection units. Now you may know the important position of these earlybuildings of Wuhan University in the whole country.
At this point, we must be very concerned about who chose such a good place?Who designed such an outstanding building? Our school site was selected byfamous geologist Li Siguang and famous agronomist Ye Yage, They were members ofthe Preparatory Committee for the construction of Wuchang University. At thebeginning, Luojia mountain belonged to the wilderness of Wuchang. But Li Lao andye Yage rode donkeys to Luojia mountain to select the site. They were veryfamiliar with the geographical environment of the suburbs of Wuchang. In theirearly years, they had the idea of building a university on the shore of the EastLake. After investigation, they decided to build a new campus in Luojia mountainarea in 1928, which is close to the mountains and by the water, and the wind isstrong With beautiful scenery, cheap land price, abundant earth and stonematerials and water resources, far away from the downtown, it is a good place toconcentrate on studying and learning, and also in line with the traditionalChinese culture of "benevolent people enjoy mountains, wise people enjoywater".
When it comes to designers, he has something to do with Li Siguang. He is avery good friend of Li Siguang - American Mr. Kells. Mr. Kells is reallyoutstanding and can live up to people's expectations. When I was young, Istudied at MIT
Later, he came to China and studied Chinese architecture very well. He justborrowed the scenery of the East Lake. Whether he looked at Luojia mountain fromthe south of the library or the little lion mountain from the north of theInstitute of technology, he could see the beautiful scenery of Qionglou, Yuyu,Qingshan and Qingshui. Former president Dong Biwu once said, "the mountain ofLuojia, the water of East Lake, the mountains are high and the water is long,the wind is beautiful." at that time, Mr. Li Siguang's site selection and thedesign of kaiers were unique.
When we talk about Luojia, the mountain on our left is Luojia mountain. Weoften talk about Luojia. Do you know what Luojia means? We have to talk aboutits origin first. What about before? It's called Luojiashan. Isn't this vulgarname not suitable for this university and the beautiful mountain scenery? Thanksto Mr. Wen Yiduo, he changed his words and didn't change his pronunciation. Hereplaced the vulgar name of the mountain with Luojia in Sanskrit, which is amagic weapon full of jewels, and foreshadowed the bright future of Wuda. He wasalso the first Dean of the school of Arts after the formal establishment ofWuhan University. Therefore, in memory of Mr. Zhang, we also built a bronzestatue beside the College of Arts.
The tall building in front of us is the humanities Museum of WuhanUniversity, also known as Yifu Building. It was completed in 1990 with adonation of HK $10 million from Run Run Run Shaw of Hong Kong and a grant of RMB3.5 million from the State Education Commission. It can be said that it inheritsthe architectural style of Wuhan University in the past. The appearance of thebuilding is in the shape of a mountain and penetrates through the corridor. Theroof is made of green glazed tiles. The design is novel and the construction isexcellent. Located in the central area of the school, it is a perfectcombination of the old library and the administrative building, presenting athree legged posture. It overlooks the East Lake in the East, overlooks theMoshan in the distance. It is majestic and elegant. It has won the first prizeof national architecture. Domestic architects praise it as "the most beautifulbuilding in the most beautiful university campus in China", and it is also oneof the top ten famous buildings in Wuhan. Now, Yifu Building is the office ofteachers in the College of Arts and the Department of history. Therefore, thefamous historian Mr. Jin Wu named it the Museum of humanities. The five words ofthe Museum of humanities on the door of the building were written by Shawhimself.
Now we are walking on the most famous cherry blossom avenue of WuhanUniversity. At the end of March and the beginning of April every year, it is theCherry Blossom Festival of Wuhan University. The week-long Cherry BlossomFestival is not only full of flowers and visitors, but also has become a goodplace for people to enjoy cherry blossoms in spring. Do you know why cherryblossoms, a symbol of Japan, appear on Chinese campuses? This is because in1938, Wuhan was surrounded by Japanese invaders on three sides, and Wuchangabandoned its defense. The Japanese stationed their headquarters in the oldlibrary above. The present building became the inpatient department of theJapanese army. In order to relieve the large number of Japanese wounded soldiersliving here. At the same time, they also showed off their martial arts andlong-term occupation, so they brought cherry saplings from Japan and plantedthem on the campus of Wuhan University. At present, cherry trees on both sidesof Cherry Avenue are cultivated by garden workers of Wuhan University afterliberation. There are more than 30 varieties of cherry trees on campus, such asZaoying, chuizhiying, WANYING and Hongying. The building on the side of CherryBlossom Avenue is the earliest student dormitory area of Wuhan University -"laozhaishe". Do you think it looks like the Potala Palace in Tibet? In fact, itis a glazed tile building imitating the Potala Palace in Tibet. The students allknow that there is a famous saying that "there is a road in the book mountain,and work hard to do it", so this building is built along the mountain, with goodsunshine conditions. When we go to laozhaishe, we can see the old library. Doyou think it looks like a crown? It's a crown shaped building imitating theForbidden City. It's the tallest building in our school and a symbol of thespirit of Wuhan University. That's because for every student, books are thesource of knowledge. Above the gate is a hollow iron portrait of Laozi, thefounder of Taoism. This is a test for all the students. Why is there a pictureof Laozi. That's because according to historical records, Lao Tzu in the springand Autumn period was the earliest librarian known in China. There are twoschools of Arts and law on the two sides of the library. Can you guess which isthe school of Arts and which is the school of law? As a matter of fact, thesloping roof is the school of Arts, which means literary talent is flying; onthe contrary, the roof of the law school is flat, which means law isserious.
Now let's take a look at this brand: "the June 1 Massacre" site. If we lookat the ground again, it seems that there are spots of blood. This is ahistorical witness of the revolutionary spirit of the heroic struggle of theteachers and students of Wuhan University. On May 20, 1947, the anti hunger,anti civil war and anti persecution student parade broke out in Nanjing. TheKuomintang reactionary army and police suppressed it and created a riot
When the news of the May 20 massacre spread to Wuhan University, patrioticstudents were filled with indignation and held a demonstration against the threeevils. They put forward slogans such as we should eat and live. Therevolutionary activities of the teachers and students of Wuhan University madethe Kuomintang reactionaries panic. On May 28, the Wuhan police headquarters ofthe Kuomintang approved the list of progressive teachers and students, preparingto kill them all. In the early morning of June 1, the Kuomintang sent more than1000 policemen and gendarmes to blockade and surround the campus, drivingmachine guns and pursuit guns at the commanding height, and the secret agentsled the soldiers and police to search the dormitories of teachers and studentswith a blacklist. The awakened students bravely launched the rescue struggle.Some of them reasoned with the Kuomintang military and police agents, somesplashed them with water, some got under the car and damaged the car, some brokethe glass. The resistance of the students of Wuhan University angered theKuomintang reactionaries, who began to slaughter the unarmed students. At thefoot of Luojia mountain, there was a lot of smoke, bullet marks and blood on theroad. Three students were shot and killed on the spot, with 3 seriously injured,10 slightly injured, and 20 teachers, students and staff arrested. This is the"June 1" massacre that shocked China and foreign countries. The place where weare standing now is the place where the martyrs died. The blood of the martyrshas dyed the steps here red. Every year, Wuhan University will dye the bloodagain to encourage the students to study hard and work hard. We also need toknow that our happy life is not easy to get. Now here is Kunpeng square, whichis very famous in Wuda. Kunpeng is an animal that looks like both fish and bird.It can not only soar in the air, but also travel thousands of miles. Thissculpture is Kunpeng, just like the book on the front of the stone carving: "thenorth sky is deep and wide, the Kunpeng wings hang in the sky, the cloud is90000, and the water is 3000." Every year when the graduates leave school, theytake a group photo here to commemorate their starting point. Next to it is theold gymnasium of Wuhan University. It was built in 1937 and donated by LiShaoji, the son of Li Yuanhong, who was the president of the Republic of China.Because Li Yuanhong was named Song Qing, it is also called "Song QingGymnasium". In 1947, the memorial ceremony for the June 1 massacre of WuhanUniversity was held here. Xiuyu hall is a baroque building, which is also atypical Chinese and Western architecture. It is divided into two floors, a totalarea of 2500 square meters, upstairs is the basketball court, downstairs is thegym.
Dear students, time flies. The garden university has finished its tour.What's your impression of Wuhan University? I'm very happy to spend thiswonderful time with you. Finally, I sincerely hope that you can become a memberof Wuhan University in the future.
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