In the 1860s, Li Hongzhang spent a lot of money to hire the American architect Rogers to design and build a private garden for him in Shanghai. A combination of East and West, beautiful.
No one expected that after Li Hongzhang's death, the garden would be transformed into the first women's university in China, Jinling Women's University. The school is located in the southeast embroidery lane of Mochou Lake in Nanjing, and is known as the most beautiful campus in the East!
On the campus of Jinling Women's University, there are large lawns, and the buildings are antique, and the shapes are all traditional Chinese palace-style architectural styles.
The group of women in the photo is the first batch of students of Jinling Women's University, they are dressed in white and blue, and each one is fresh and unworldly. This is female students dancing on campus.
During the Lantern Festival, female students celebrate the festival together. They took the handmade lanterns and came to the lake. Contest to see who makes the lanterns look good. There was a mischievous girl, so bold, who climbed alone to the crooked willow tree by the lake and amused everyone.
Jinling Women's University has a special biology laboratory. The laboratory is spacious and bright, all kinds of experimental equipment is also complete, and female students are seriously doing experiments.
The school has 16 disciplines such as Chinese, English, Chemistry, Biology, History, Music, and Physical Education, with a four-year study system. It was very similar to today's universities.
Jinling Women's University, known as the most beautiful school in the East, is not false at all. The campus is lined with trees, flowers and fragrance. In their spare time, the girls wander around the garden-like campus.
It's a female student playing a volleyball game. They were all wearing school uniforms, one side struggling to hit the ball, and the other raising his hand to block the net. The fight was intense. It can be seen that their after-school life is still colorful.
This is an anatomy class for the students, who carefully observe and understand the bones and muscles of living things. Standing and guiding them was Mrs. Deben Kang, the school's first principal.
It was 1921 and the school was hosting a grand graduation ceremony. In the auditorium, teachers and students gathered together to witness this unforgettable moment.
In 1923, Jinling Women's University moved to Suiyuan. The campus has a large lawn with a large lawn and a tall teaching building. Students love this new campus. There are many vehicles parked on the road of the campus, and there are also pullers waiting for people.
This is the students walking into the new teaching building, the tall and spectacular teaching building is very grand. The lawn in front of the building has not been paved, and in the middle of the lawn, there is a large iron clock. This bell rings for class.
This is a female student planting trees on campus to beautify the new campus. Some dig pits with shovels, some water, and some put saplings. Everyone was very enthusiastic about working. They all want to contribute to the construction of a new campus.
In the library on campus, the shelves are filled with books of all kinds. Students are reading and learning hard, swimming in the ocean of knowledge.
Female college students, in addition to learning theoretical knowledge in school, they also pay attention to social practice. This is when students come to the countryside to experience the customs and customs of the countryside. They went into the farmhouse to understand people's production and life.
Jinling Women's University is the first women's university in China and the most beautiful oriental school. The motto of Jinling Girls' University is: Housheng. The meaning is that a person must use his wisdom and ability to help others and society, and his life will be abundant.
During the period of Jinling Women's University, a total of 999 outstanding female college students were trained. In the vicissitudes of the past century, Jinling Women's University has also undergone earth-shaking changes. It is now the Suiyuan Campus of Nanjing Normal University.