Although there are hundreds of famous schools everywhere in foreign countries, such as Cambridge University and Oxford University, they all have a history of 8900 years. But in China, there are not many famous schools with a century. Tsinghua University is one of them.

As we all know, the name of a university is not random. The name of Harvard University is in memory of its benefactor, Reverend john harvard. The name of Cambridge University comes from the city where the school is located. How did the "Tsinghua" in Tsinghua University come from?

This has to start with the establishment of Tsinghua University.

The establishment of Tsinghua University was related to Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China. 1900, after Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, the Qing dynasty was forced to sign the famous "Xin Chou Treaty" 190 1. According to the treaty, the Qing Dynasty had to pay 450 million taels of silver to all countries and pay 980 million taels of principal and interest in installments.

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The compensation of 980 million taels of silver was finally transferred to the people of China, which made the life of the people of China poorer and the social economy more depressed. On the other hand, the United States, Britain and other industrialized countries have also been damaged by the "Xin Chou Treaty". Because, when the people of China are in deep disaster, they don't have enough purchasing power to buy industrial products dumped by countries such as the United States and Britain.

The most affected is the United States. The United States introduced the Chinese Exclusion Act on 1905, forcing China to boycott American goods. 1906 American exports to China decreased by 42.2% compared with 1905. From 65438 to 0907, American exports to China continued to drop sharply. In view of this situation, the United States intends to return part of boxer indemnity. Under the impetus of Liang Cheng, the envoy of the Qing Dynasty to the United States, 1907, the United States Congress passed a proposal to return part of boxer indemnity.

What will be used for the part returned by boxer indemnity? After discussion, representatives of the United States and the Qing Dynasty decided to use it to run schools in the United States and train international students.

1909 In July, the Qing Dynasty established the Tourism Aesthetics Department, which was subordinate to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education. You Mei College is attached to the Office of Tourism Aesthetics. You Mei School is the predecessor of Tsinghua University. There is no campus for the Tourism Aesthetics Office and You Mei College, and several humble houses of Hou Wei Hutong were rented, which opened the curtain of a century-old prestigious school.

From 1909 to191year, You Mei College sent three groups of international students to the United States, totaling 180. Many celebrities have come out of these three groups of international students studying in the United States. The first group was President of Tsinghua University and physicist Hu. The second batch includes President Hu Shi of Peking University, Zhu Kezhen, a famous meteorologist, and Zhao Yuanren, a famous modern scholar.

19 1 1 In February, You Mei School was upgraded to a new school and named "Tsinghua School". Since then, the word "Tsinghua" has been attached to this school for a hundred years.

It was named "Tsinghua" because the Office of Tourism Aesthetics and You Mei College moved to Tsinghua campus.

Tsinghua campus is a royal garden, formerly known as Xichun Garden. It was built in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. After decades of construction, it was completed on 1767. Xichun Park is located in the western suburbs of Beijing, covering an area of about 26 1 mu. At that time, there were four royal gardens around Zaixi Spring Garden: Yuanmingyuan, Changchun Garden, Qichun Garden and Xichun Garden. They are collectively called Yuanming Five Gardens.

After Emperor Xianfeng ascended the throne, Xichun Garden was renamed Tsinghua Campus.

1860, during the Second Opium War, the British and French allied forces invaded Beijing and burned the Yuanmingyuan. The Tsinghua campus, which is close at hand, was damaged by fish in the pond and burned to some extent. Emperor Tongzhi intends to rebuild Yuanmingyuan, demolish the Tsinghua campus and rebuild Yuanmingyuan with demolished wood and stones. However, due to the extremely weak national strength of the Qing Dynasty, Yuanmingyuan could not be built at all. As a result, the Yuanmingyuan was not built, and the Tsinghua campus declined, making it impossible to enter.

Anyway, being idle is also idle, so the Qing Dynasty took Tsinghua Campus as the school place of Tsinghua School.

Since then, Tsinghua School has been stationed in Tsinghua Campus. Later, Tsinghua University became Tsinghua University, and its scale became larger and larger. Tsinghua Campus became a part of Tsinghua University.

By the way, Tsinghua also has a nickname, Wudaokou Vocational and Technical School. The origin of this nickname is because Tsinghua University is located in Wudaokou, Haidian District, Beijing. You see, Tsinghua University, one of the top universities in China, has turned into a "vocational and technical school".