An affectionate cultural trip to Jiaotong University

Sunday, April 14, coincides with the 93rd birthday of his father-in-law. As early as a month ago, the sons and daughters suggested that on this day they would accompany their parents to Shanghai Jiaotong University where the youngest daughter was working. The proposal has been responded to and welcomed by everyone. Love and filial piety touched God, the original weather forecast of light rain, but the rain did not come, on the contrary, the weather is sunny and the climate is pleasant. Live up to the spring, our family of four generations, young and old, came to the south gate of Minhang campus of Shanghai Jiaotong University early in the morning-the Arc de Triomphe. Under the guidance of my sister-in-law, we started an one-day tour of a famous school.

She has long been a famous teacher and sister-in-law of Jiaotong University. she has changed her former academic demeanor of serious rules, and today she is dressed in casual clothes, her face rippling with joy and relaxation. Along the way, she enthusiastically explained to us the course of the development of the school, the characteristics of scenic spots and long-term planning.

The Arc de Triomphe, also known as the South Gate, is one of the landmarks of Shanghai Jiaotong University. The building is made of granite with a peak of 18. 96 meters, symbolizing that Jiaotong University was born in 1896, majestic. The symmetrical European colonnade on the east and west sides shows the trend of embracing each other, reflecting the campus's mind of accepting all rivers and keeping pace with the times. There is a stone tablet with the name of Hengshu in the center of the gate, and the word Jiaotong University appears particularly solemn, implying the triumphant return of alumni waiting for graduation.

Jiaotong University, formerly known as Nanyang Public School, which was founded in 1896, has a history of more than one hundred years. Here gave birth to Qian Xuesen, Wu Wenjun, Zou Taofen, Cai Yuanpei, Jiang Zemin and other well-known alumni, is one of the most famous institutions of higher learning in China, but also the yearning hall of countless students. Jiaotong University has five campuses, namely Minhang Campus, Fahua Campus, Xuhui Campus, Luwan Campus (Medical College) and Qibao Campus. Minhang campus is the largest one among them. The campus has a beautiful environment, overflowing in spring, blooming flowers and green grass.

Shanghai Jiaotong University is the first batch of universities to be built in the national Seventh and eighth five-year Plan, 211 Project and 985 Project. At the beginning of the establishment of the school, the school adhered to the purpose of seeking practical learning and serving industry, with the educational goal of training first-class talents, diligent and enterprising, and worked tirelessly. In the twenties and thirties of the 20th century, the school has become a famous institution of higher learning in China, known as the MIT of the East. After 115 years of unremitting efforts, Shanghai Jiaotong University has become a comprehensive, research-oriented and international first-class and international university, and is steadily moving forward to a world-class university. China ranks fifth on the list of the best universities in the world in 2018.

Minhang Campus of Shanghai Jiaotong University, located at No. 800Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, adjacent to Minhang Campus of East China normal University and near Huangpu River, is the largest campus of Shanghai Jiaotong University, covering an area of about 5000 mu. It is divided into east and west regions, with a total of more than 20,000 undergraduate and graduate students. In addition to teaching buildings and dormitory buildings, landmarks such as gallery, gymnasium, stadium and Jingtang are scattered in the campus. Facilities such as hospitals, post offices, banks, cinemas, shopping centers and student activity centers have formed a relatively independent community. Jiang Zemin, an alumnus of Jiaotong University who was then mayor of Shanghai, attended the opening ceremony of Minhang Campus in 1987.

We walked on the Wenzhi Avenue, which was named after Tang Wenzhi, the former master of Sinology and president. Enjoy the beautiful and charming campus scenery, overlooking the near view, science, medicine, agriculture and forestry, marine ships, aerospace, machine ring manufacturing and other high-tech colleges and research institutes, all kinds of university libraries, cultural centers, student apartment buildings with different styles, dotted with trees and flowers, embellished with all kinds of landscape shapes and sculptures Large and small lakes crisscross, the lake is clear, in the spring breeze, the water is bright and beautiful! It shows the unique harmonious and warm cultural taste of the elegant university, which is pleasing to the eye and lingering.

Zhiyuan Lake is named after the inscription from Jiaotong University alumni to its alma mater, and it is also a scenic spot on campus. The tranquil lake is adjacent to the new library, the new administrative building and the big lawn of the Electric Institute, so it is a good place for students of Jiaotong University to go hiking and relaxing. Walking into the modern new library by the lake, wooden floors, tables and chairs, bookshelves and wool carpets are full of antique culture, and the spiral staircase is also creative.

Different from the modern Siyuan Gate and the European-style Arc de Triomphe, the East Gate refers to Chinese classical palace-style architecture, green tiles and red walls, painted eaves, and two stone lions sit in front of the door, revealing a strong flavor of traditional culture. On the north side of the gate stands a bronze statue of Sheng Xuanhuai, the first president of Jiaotong University. behind the bronze statue is engraved with Sheng Xuanhuai's chapter of Emperor Guangxu's founding of Nanyang Public School, where you can feel the profound historical and cultural heritage of a century-old famous school.

After having a big lunch at the academic activity center, we took a short break and visited the T.D.Lee Library. The T.D.Lee Library is a memorial for scientists approved by the Central Committee. T.D.Lee, born in Shanghai in 1926 in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, is a professor at Columbia University, a Chinese-American physicist and a Nobel laureate in physics.

The T.D.Lee Library was completed on 28 December 2014 and consists of the physical Library and the T.D.Lee Digital Resource Centre. The T.D.Lee Library has creatively realized the functional orientation of the integration of five libraries, including libraries, archives, museums, science and technology museums and art museums, and undertakes the function of the Science Branch of the Library of Shanghai Jiaotong University.

After consultation with the library, the library sent a commentator to give us a tour. T.D.Lee is famous for his contributions in the fields of parity nonconservation, lie model, relativistic heavy ion collision (RHIC) physics, and non-topological soliton field theory.

In 1957, together with Yang Zhenning, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering parity non-conservation in weak interactions. In the ten years from 1979 to 1989, a total of 915 graduate students were sent and funded by the United States. In 1985, he initiated the establishment of China postdoctoral Mobile Station and the China postdoctoral Science Foundation, and served as an adviser to the National postdoctoral Management Committee and honorary director of the China postdoctoral Science Foundation. In 1986, he won funding from Italy and, with the support of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, founded and served as director of the China Advanced Science and Technology Center (CCAST). After that, the Zhejiang Modern Physics Center at Zhejiang University and the T.D.Lee Experimental Physics Center at Fudan University were established. On April 7, 2018, he served as Honorary Director of T.D.Lee Research Institute of Shanghai Jiaotong University.

The physical library has a total construction area of 6500 square meters, which is divided into one floor underground and four floors above ground. The ground floor is the lecture hall, which can hold all kinds of academic conferences and small concerts. Part of the area on the first and second floor of the ground is the exhibition hall, which is divided into four exhibition areas: questioning, enlightenment, preaching and superstring under the theme of the language of Heaven and the way of solution. There are two reading rooms on the second and third floors, with a maximum collection capacity of about 70, 000 books and periodicals. On the fourth floor, Mr. T.D.Lee 's office, the Special Library and the T.D.Lee Research Institute have a collection of more than 80, 000 precious archives donated by Mr. T.D.Lee. What makes me feel more deeply is that T.D.Lee also showed his versatile calligraphy and painting works and practiced his academic proposition of combining science and art and combining arts and science.

Coming out of the library, my sister-in-law led us to visit the botanical garden, the last scenic spot. The botanical garden of Jiaotong University contains rich specimens of garden plants, including more than 800 species of woody plants and more than 400 species of herbaceous plants, including varieties with high ornamental value and strong adaptability at home and abroad. The elegant environment in the park, the traffic on the roads, the undulating topography and the free water environment constitute a landscape that combines the beauty of natural harmony with the connotation of science and popular science. In the botanical garden, we walked on the gravel road to admire the flowers and sat on the bench for a rest when we were tired. In the botanical garden, there are not only flowers and trees, but also a small river flowing slowly, and sometimes a flock of ducks can be seen looking for food. Let you experience the leisurely life of small bridge and flowing water's family. We can't help but sigh that there is such a wonderful biological garden in the campus of Jiaotong University.

The whole sightseeing tour lasted more than seven hours from 9: 00 a.m. to 4: 00 p.m., an unforgettable moment, she made us feel the elegant demeanor of a famous university, experienced the unique cultural atmosphere of the university, and saw the ambition and responsibility of education in a big country. Enhance our national pride and self-confidence! If you want to read more wonderful articles, please follow the reading and appreciation of American articles.

During this period, what we admire most is the father-in-law. At the age of 93, he walks in a breeze, is steady and steady, does not change his face and does not panic. As long as there were stools and chairs along the way, everyone would persuade my father to sit down and have a rest, but he always said he was not tired. during this cultural trip to Jiaotong University, the old man was full of satisfaction and beaming with joy. Not only let him feel the warmth and value of family affection, but also let this retired veteran party member feel the pride and pride brought to him by the strength of the country and the strength of his children. My brother-in-law and his wife are considerate and considerate to their old father. Often support and patiently explain, help him pick up food and soup during the meal. Her thoughtfulness and filial piety to the elderly moved our hearts and deeply educated the younger generation.

Shanghai, April 16, 2019