First, the source. The motto of Ningbo University is "seeking truth from facts and applying what you have learned". Zhu, the first president, believes that only by refining and striving to build their own brand characteristics and creating a rich humanistic atmosphere can newly-built undergraduate colleges really play their role. To form the university spirit, we must first establish the purpose and school motto. Ningbo is the birthplace of the famous "East Zhejiang School" and "Ningbo Gang" in history. The East Zhejiang School (an important representative of Confucianism from advocating to pursuing pragmatism after the Southern Song Dynasty) attaches importance to historical facts and advocates practical application. Wang Yangming, the mid-term representative of East Zhejiang School, advocated "unity of knowledge and action" and "conscience" in his thoughts, and Ningbo Gang was an honest and pragmatic practitioner.

1. Orientation: Ningbo University is a new, open and comprehensive university. (At that time, the school-running philosophy of Ningbo University was the leading in China. Wanli personally put forward five opinions and organized national experts to discuss them, but later Bao and Deng died one after another and failed to agree. )

2. School-running practice: During the school-running process of Ningbo University, the school only set up departments, regardless of majors, relaxed the training scope of each department, advocated and carried forward the tradition of "seeking truth from facts and applying what they have learned", aiming at cultivating outstanding talents and social backbones with extensive basic knowledge of disciplines and pioneering and innovative ability, and serving China's reform, opening up and socialist modernization. Platforms and modules are being built everywhere now. Ningbo University was the first to eat crabs, and it was very courageous to do so in the 1980s.

Attached are five opinions given by the representative of XX in Wan Li at that time:

(1) Not in favor of running Ningbo University according to the Soviet model.

(2) Ningbo University focuses on training economists, accountants, lawyers, bankers and management experts.

(3) Ningbo University should become a first-class university and train talents in this field at home and abroad. If this century doesn't work, the next century will.

(4) Don't be a pure university of science and engineering. As for what department to set up, I have no opinion.

(5) Link Hong Kong and Britain with Cambridge and Oxford, and invite foreign professors to give lectures.

3. Starting point of running a school: all the five schools are aided; The teaching method is to start classes regardless of majors and departments. Among them, Peking University aided the Department of Law, Fudan University aided the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Business Economics, China University of Science and Technology aided the Department of Physics and the school management team, Zhejiang University aided the Department of Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Technology, and Hangzhou University aided the Department of Foreign Languages. At that time, due to Deng's call and Zhu's influence (Qian Xuesen College was also founded by him), all these schools deployed the most capable forces.

4. School-running guarantee: Tan, the "father of genetics in China", is the honorary principal and Zhu is the principal. At that time, there were four vice presidents in the leading group: Xu Hang (Zhejiang University internal combustion engine expert), Wang Lili (who won the second prize of the National Natural Science Award, enabling Ningda to enter the double-class class) and Qiu Kean (Director of the International Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Director of the Translation Office; Qiu Yuanping, director of the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, is his son, Kong, vice mayor of Ningbo.

Second, the architectural style.

The architectural style of Ningda is the actual embodiment of the school-running concept. A school-running platform based on a high starting point (first-class university; The experimental field of China University's reform), the concept of running a school (new, open and comprehensive), the final architectural style of Ningda adopted the current European style and brick red (when I visited the history of the university at that time, my statement was wrong), mainly considering several aspects, (1) The university should be thick and rich, and it is not appropriate to exaggerate (2) the color. It also shows that all levels attached importance to Ningda when the school was founded. (3) There is no clear definition of the specific cultural symbol "Nantianmen". It is not only the door to reform and opening up (D: mobilizing the "Ningbo Gang" all over the world to build Ningbo), but also the door to university and success in life. It can be understood as "lenient entry and strict exit" of Ningda, and can also be understood as "practical application" of Ningda.

Of course, in addition to the "Southern Gate", the cultural symbols of Ningda include "Egret Forest", "Big Lawn" and "Triangle Area", which are deeply remembered by generations of adults.

Third, the construction time. Finally began to answer the landlord's questions. Don't bother me, because I love Ningda, so I said a lot of things about Ningda.

(1)1985 On June 15, half of Ningzhen Highway was opened and construction officially started. Therefore, it was not called "East Campus" at first, but "halfway up the mountain". In my impression, the "halfway up the mountain" bus stop has existed for many years, laugh. 1986 After less than one year's construction in July, five units in the first batch of projects of Ningbo University were completed and accepted in late July, that is, Bao's "No.1 Building" (others are supporting dormitories and canteens) was completed at that time, before the first semester started. Later, with the donation of Mr. Bao Yugang, Building 2 and Building 3 were built one after another.

(2)1in the summer of 998, Mr. Bao Yushu, Mr. Wang's brother, and Ms. Qing, Mr. Wang's eldest daughter-in-law, decided to donate money to build the fourth teaching building of Bao. Together with the No.5 teaching building donated by the four sisters of Bao family, the main project of Ningbo University-1to 6 rotationally symmetrical teaching buildings planned by Mr. Wang was finally put into practice. (Others, the Forest Pavilion was built in 1996, the Navigation Building was built in 1997, and the Jinxiu Activity Center was opened in 1996. Most of them should have been built before 1998. In my impression, Lizhong Building was built later, more than 0 years ago).

Now along the big steps, there are wide platforms and corridors connecting 1-3 and 4-6 buildings. The six main buildings are arranged in a rotationally symmetrical way, which brings great movement as you imagine. These six buildings are all named after celebrities in eastern Zhejiang, namely, Wang Yangming, Yu, Huang Zongxi, Zhu Kezhen, Tong Dizhou and Quan. These scholars have formed excellent academic traditions such as learning from others, seeking history, emphasizing history and patriotism.

In short, whether the answer today is what you want or not, thank you for your concern about Ningbo University, and because of your question, it reminds me of my alma mater, Ningbo University. Thank you!