清华大学景点英文介绍

路线

泥沙馆（Sedimentation Building）-图书馆（Tsinghua University Library）-西操（West Sports Ground）-大礼堂（Auditorium）-新水利馆（New Hydraulic Engineering Building）-清华学堂（Tsinghua School）-日晷（Sundial）-科学馆（Science Building）(-水木清华（Shuimu Tsinghua）-近春园（Jinchun Garden）-清华园（Tsinghua Garden）)-二校门（The old Gate）

泥沙馆-二校门-日晷-清华学堂-大礼堂-新水利馆-科学馆-工字厅-近春园-水木清华-图书馆-西操

Brief introduction of the history of Tsinghua University

The Tsinghua University is located in the Tsinghua Garden, which was the imperial garden in Qing dynasty. In 1901, Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing and forced the

Qing dynasty government to sign the Boxer Protocol. According to this Protocol, Qing

government need to pay a large number of reparations to the aggressor countries. In 1911, based on a part of this reparations, a School named “Tsinghua Xuetang”was built

as Preparatory School for students to study in United States. “Tsinghua Xuetang”was

the predecessor of today's Tsinghua University. The name “National Tsinghua University”was adopted in 1928.

Since its establish, with a motto of Self-Discipline and Social Commitment, Tsinghua University is dedicated to academic excellence, the well-being of Chinese society and to global development. Today, most national and international rankings place Tsinghua

as one of the best universities in Mainland China.

So we can see three different architectural styles of buildings in the campus of Tsinghua

University. The old buildings are mainly located in the west of Xuetang Road, in the east of Xuetang Road there are all new buildings which was built after 1949.

泥沙馆 Sedimentation Building

Sedimentation Building is mainly built for the research of hydraulics and river dynamics. It contains offices, boardrooms and laboratories.

二校门 The Old Gate

The Old Gate was built in 1909. The Gate was the main entrance to the school campus

at that time.

At that time, the Gate was heavily guarded. In those years, underclassmen were not allowed to go out of the gate without permission from school authorities. In addition, in order to preserve the sanctity of the learning environment, outside people without permission were also forbidden to pass through the gate.

In 1933, after the expansion of the residential area, the former enclosing wall was moved to further out. A new gate, now Tsinghua's West Gate, became the new main entrance. Ever since, the original gate has been called Er Xiao Men (means he second

school gate).

The Old Gate was demolished in 1960's. Donated by Tsinghua University Alumni, it was rebuilt in 1991, following the original design.

日晷Sundial

The sundial is a classical timer used in ancient times. It is a gift given by the graduates in 1920. It serves as a reference for class time for students, and also a reminder to them

that every second of time should be valued.

It was carved with the motto Actions speak louder than words in both Chinese and Latin characters together with the date of construction. Today, the motto Actions speak

louder than words has already become the school spirit of Tsinghua University. The?Sundial?is?made?of?silver?covered?with?enamel.?The Sundial stood in front of Tsinghua's grassy quadrangle before the foundation of People's Republic of China (about 1948). The planar surface of the sundial turned to be stony then, since the former

silver one covered with enamel disappeared. Tsinghua often had struggle meeting on the grassy quadrangle during the Cultural Revolution. The oval grassy quadrangle was changed into a rectangle and the Sundial was removed in order to enlarge the field. The

place where the Sundial used to stand was stuffed with cement, and the Sundial was missing. After the Cultural Revolution, Tsinghua began to collect the old things of the university, and the Sundial was found in a pile of stones, but its planar disappeared.

The Sundial we see nowadays had been repaired after that, and its planar was newly made. It was here since the 70th anniversary of the foundation of Tsinghua.

清华学堂 Tsinghua Xuetang

Tsinghua Xuetang is one of the landmarks of Tsinghua University. Xuetang means school, a place for teaching. The construction of Tsinghua Xuetang was completed in 1916. It was one of the main buildings of the school at its early stage.

The four Chinese characters painted above the main entrance read Tsinghua School,