The vehicle passed through the lively streets of the ancient city, entered the north gate of the 256 Hospital, and then headed east and south. In a moment, a church-like building with a steeple came into view.
Go around to the south of the building and you can see an erected stone tablet with the words "former site of North China University" written on it.
From August 1948 to the end of 1949, North China University existed for more than a year, but it was the highest institution of higher learning in the liberated areas at that time. It gave birth to many new Chinas including Renmin University of China, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Central Academy of Drama and so on. The institution of higher learning has written a profound chapter in the history of education in our country...
The church in front of us was built in 1858. Its main body faces north and faces south. It is a typical Gothic building .
The interior space of the building is large and can accommodate two to three hundred people at the same time. It was once used as the auditorium of North China University.
In 2018, this place became a provincial cultural relic protection unit.
The clock is set back to the spring of 1948. At that time, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China crossed the Yellow River eastward and came to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region.
With the victory of the War of Liberation, we urgently need to establish an institution of higher learning to train cadres and talents for the liberation of China.
In May of the same year, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to merge the North China United University, which was originally affiliated with the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region, and the North China University, which was originally affiliated with the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei Border Region, to form North China University.
In the golden autumn of August, a grand opening ceremony was held in Zhengding .
Wu Yuzhang is the president, Fan Wenlan and Cheng Fangwu are the vice presidents, and Qian Junrui is the provost. People were full of joy and walked hand in hand to this elegant and elegant auditorium...
At the former site of North China University, in addition to this church, There is also a Qixian Building and a student dormitory building.
The Qixian Building on the east side of the church is a white two-story building with a terrace and arches.
html There is a 300-year-old arborvitae tree on both sides of the south door of the third floor. Although it is an old tree, it is vigorous and green. The small building is set among it, giving it a unique charm.
Go up the wooden stairs to the second floor, where you can see the offices of principal Wu Yuzhang and famous writer Ding Ling.
The "former site of Ding Ling's office" still contains the desks and chairs she used to write and other simple furniture. Her masterpiece "The Sun Shines on the Sanggan River" was also modified here.
The green-grey second floor on the south side of Qixian Building was built in 1889. It was once a dormitory for students. Looking in through the crack in the door, the wooden stairs are old and the peeling and exposed walls still silently tell the story of those years. story.
Although the conditions were difficult at that time, a large number of literary and artistic elites and academic and theoretical celebrities gathered here.
In less than two years, North China University has trained nearly 20,000 cadres. After graduation, they went to various construction fronts in the motherland and made important contributions to the cause of socialist construction.
Party history experts have said that North China University is a rich mine with the most dense red cultural resources around Shijiazhuang City; it is an academic palace where cultural celebrities, scholars and professors gather in the liberated areas, and masters gather; it is the base camp of revolutionary literature and art with the most fruitful creative achievements on the eve of the founding of the People's Republic of China; It was the red holy land where the majority of progressive young people at that time yearned to receive the baptism of revolution.
On October 3, 1950, the Renmin University of China, which was formed based on the merger of North China University, held its opening ceremony and became the first new formal university founded by New China. After
, a number of higher education institutions such as Beijing Foreign Studies University and the Central Academy of Drama were successively established on this basis.
Although North China University has completed its mission and withdrawn from the stage of history, its influence continues...
Looking back at the old site, the row of pear trees planted by teachers and students in the hospital have long been lush and lush.
When spring comes, pear trees are as white as snow, and the fragrance is far away and clearer; when autumn comes, pear fruits are covered with branches, and it is a beautiful and prosperous year.
Planting a touch of green can educate millions of people. If we think about it carefully, planting trees and educating people have the same purpose. They are both sowing the hope of spring for the future and waiting for the garden to be full of fruits.
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