Enter the campus, walk the trail, taste the history - in Shanghai "foreign students" such a punch card Suzhou Creek

Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, October 25 (Reporter Youzhizhi) Historic buildings, wide gentle slope lawns, pleasant weeping willows along the Suzhou Creek... On the 24th, east China University of Political Science and Law Changning Campus welcomed a group of special visitors, they are nearly 100 international students from New York University Shanghai and East China University of Political Science and Law, under the organization of Shanghai European and American Returned Scholars Association, students appreciate the unique charm of the waterfront of the Huazheng section of Suzhou Creek at zero distance.

During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, Shanghai planned "one river and one river" to create a "city necklace". Among them, the landscape of the Section of East China University of Political Science and Law of Suzhou Creek, which was officially opened to the public at the end of September this year, perfectly combines the beautiful waterfront shoreline with the excellent historical architectural style, and connects the diversified, fresh and shared riverside public spaces with the riverside slow walkway.

Lu Jianfei, executive vice president of the Shanghai European and American Returned Scholars Association, said that "foreign students look at Shanghai" aims to help students in Shanghai better understand Shanghai, the theme of this year's activity is to walk into the Huazheng campus with the essence of Chinese and Western civilization, hoping to start from reading Shanghai's architecture, so that international students can have a deeper understanding of the history and culture of the intersection of China and the West, and provide them with more diversified perspectives.

Before the field visit of international students, Xue Minghua, chief designer of campus landscape and riverfront landscape of East China University of Political Science and Law, introduced the highlights of landscapes such as Badger Garden, Huazheng Bridge, Tao Li Garden, and Fa Theater one by one, vividly explaining that while restoring the original appearance of historical buildings as much as possible, creating a diversified and shared vibrant space of the Su River, integrating the beauty of the university into the beauty of the city and adding luster to the urban construction.

Located on the banks of the Suzhou River, the Badger Garden is a small Chinese garden in the shape of a trapezoid, and the bridges, bamboo and maples in the garden form an elegant style. In the garden, there is a rockery-like rock, which in ancient Chinese mythology is a symbol of "Zhengda Guangming" and "Qingping Justice". During the visit, the international students stopped in the park and punched in to take photos.

The picture shows international students punching in to take photos during the visit. Xinhua News Agency reporter You zhizhi took the photo

Xu Man, a second-year graduate student at East China University of Political Science and Law, excitedly pulled her classmates to take a group photo in front of the Huazheng Bridge landscape node. Xu Man smiled and told reporters: "Although I am a student of Huazheng, I usually study in another campus, and I have never had a good view of the beautiful scenery of this campus. This visit gave me a fresh feeling, I would recommend my classmates and friends to come here to walk around, there is an open space, colorful flowers, really beautiful. ”

In the eyes of Connor, a senior student at NYU Shanghai, this field visit to the Huazheng campus is like a vivid history and culture lesson. "I've always been interested in Chinese culture and Chinese history, and events like this allow us to learn more about Shanghai." Connor said, "I'm still trying to learn to speak Shanghainese, because Shanghai is my second home." ”