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Dongshan College

東山書院
4.7/5
72 Reviews
Historical Architectures
Open today at 08:00-17:00(Admission ends at 16:30)
Recommended sightseeing time:1 hour
Address:
1 Xiangyuan Road, Xiangxiang City, Xiangtan CityMap
Phone0731-56781988
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20231224 Afternoon: 1. Dongshan College is the Qing Dynasty College in the urban area of Xiangxiang City, and is Mao Zedong's alma mater. Founded in Qingguangxu 21 years (1895), built by Xiangjun general, Gansu Xinjiang first patrol Liu Jinxu, the first name Dongshan Jingshe, is one of the earliest new school in the country, Qingguangxu 26 years (1900) changed to the current name, cultivated Mao Zedong, Mao Zexu, Chen Yu, Yuan Zheng, Yang Youxuan and other modern revolutionaries. The college has basically retained its original appearance more than 100 years ago. It consists of the former site of Dongshan College, Mao Zedong and Dongshan School Exhibition Hall, and Chairman Mao's bronze statue. Several national leaders have come to visit the memorial. ① Address: No. 1 Shuyuan Road, Xiangxiang City, Xiangtan City, Hunan Province. ② Transportation: Direct bus, easy to stop by car. ③ Popular season: No. ④ Duration: 2 hours. ⑤ Ticket price: free, is an open scenic spot. 2. The former site of Dongshan College is the core part of the scenic spot. The whole is an artificial river around a college, and the outermost part is a circle of walls. Outside the academy: ① the gate: the main entrance of the academy, the door of Huizhou architecture, the 4 words "Dongshan School" of Hemu Yue'e is Mao Zedong's handwriting on the teacher's day on September 10, 1958, and there are a pair of small stone lions on both sides of the door. ② Beibeiwu: Built in Qingguangxu 31 years (1905), it is currently the ticket gate for the free reservation code. ③ Concierge: Mao Zedong wrote "Yanzhi" in this house when he came to study at the end of the second year of Qing Xuantong (1910), and was admitted to the hall (Principal) Li Yuanfu because of his high ambition and full of the feelings of saving the country and the people. There is only a simple desk in the room. ④ Ring Road: The Ring Stone Road under the wall is the outermost part of the wall, which is where Mao Zedong ran in the morning. ⑤ Shiqiao: 5-hole Pingzhishi Bridge, the bridge is a fish feeding resort, and the water is a koi swimming. ⑥ Lianquan Well: A small circular well at the outer end of the stone bridge. ⑦ Nanzhaowu: Built in 1900 as the main entrance of the college, in 1905 as the housing of the school's Seto Yi Sanma, Mao Zedong often came to help her pick water when she was studying here. Because it was the main entrance of the college, there is also a door outside the wall. The 4 words "honesty and thrifty" on the forehead of Hemuyu is the school motto of the second president of the college, Yuan Yipeng, and in 2003 on the 110th anniversary of Mao Zedong's birth, the former president Hua Guofeng wrote. Both doors are locked. ⑨ Playground: The lawn outside the main building of the college, Mao Zedong's first physical education class is here, there were single bars, double bars, horse racing, climbing poles and other facilities, but no longer exist. ⑩ Students donate trees: Every graduate of Dongshan School will plant a tree in class as a unit and erect a monument to remember. Around the playground, you can see the trees planted by the high 88 class and the high 90 class. 3. The main building of the college is a group of Huizhou architecture courtyards, the whole is square, the main gate on the east side, the 4-word gate is listed by the Qing Tongzhi seven years (1868), and the famous calligrapher Huang Ziyuan handwriting. There is: ① Barber Room: One at the door, the school attaches importance to the student instrument, and regularly gives students haircuts. The house is empty, there is only one simple barber station. ② Main Hall: hollow open air, the lobby is "public and diligent", there are... The number of words is overrun, continue in the last picture

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