Times Square: There are clocks and fountains in the huge circular landscape area, giving people a strong sense of time and space. "Bell" means that the development of HKUST will inherit history, never stop and be passed down from generation to generation. "Fountain" means the source of thinking. In ancient times, "spring" and "money" were the same, meaning that knowledge was the source, knowledge created wealth, and HKUST was willing to prosper.
Heyuan: Standing in the center of Heyuan Park, high-five and shouting echo each other. This is the origin of "Harmony Garden". In addition, the name Heyuan also echoes the "harmony" culture strongly advocated by the school. In other words, it is teachers' and students' conscious cultural aspirations to establish the cultural concept of "harmony without difference", to build an operating environment of "harmony inside and outside" and to create a good situation of "harmonious development".
Shenyou Garden: "Shenyou" is named after Zhan Tianyou. Zhan Tianyou is known as "the father of Chinese railways" and "the father of modern engineering in China". It is a multi-disciplinary backbone university focusing on science and engineering, and is known as the "cradle of engineers". The name "God Blessed Garden" conforms to the origin and characteristics of the school.
Shoujing Garden: Shoujing is named after Guo Shoujing. Guo Shoujing was an outstanding expert in astronomy, water conservancy, mathematics and instrument manufacturing in Yuan Dynasty. More than 20 scientific and technological achievements in his life are far ahead of the world level. Named after Guo Shoujing, a great scientist in Yuan Dynasty, Hebei Province, it means to keep a scientific and rigorous attitude of "respect" in the study of knowledge, so as to continuously create remarkable achievements.
Wangjie Island and Xianyu Bridge: "Wang Jie" and "Xianyu" are both from the biography of Han Dong. "It's better to settle for the second best and leave the net open." Metaphor is the way to learn, which lies in keeping one's feet on the ground and concentrating on learning, so as to achieve the highest state of "unity of knowledge and action"
Curved straight bridge: The bridge is curved straight in architectural form. There is a straight road and a straight life. Qu Zhi talks about the philosophy of life, "If you want to learn straightness, you should first seek happiness" and "seek common ground while reserving differences, and turn happiness into straightness" (from "Seeking common ground while reserving differences, turning happiness into straightness" ——2004, quarter, China Higher Education), which is in line with the cultural concept of "harmony but difference" of the school.
Qu Yunting: "Qu Yun" comes from Preface to Wang Tengting by Wang Bo in Tang Dynasty: "Clouds sell rain Ji, and colorful areas are bright. The sunset is lonely in Qi Fei, and the autumn water is the same color. " Here, it is used as a metaphor for Tianjie. The pavilion is located on the top of the fake mountain near the school animal husbandry star lake, and the terrain is dangerous. Qu Yun Pavilion is surrounded by water, pavilions and islands.
Yuan Ting: "Origin" comes from Fan Zhongyan's "Yueyang Tower" in Song Dynasty: "Winning in Baling, a lake in Dongting. Take a distant mountain, swallow the Yangtze River, and make a vast soup, boundless; It's sunny in the morning and cloudy at night. The pavilion is located by the lake of Jupiter. Although its position is low, its momentum is not diminished. In the name of "far away", it forms a grand trend with the surrounding elegant landscapes such as Jupiter Lake and Dream Pavilion. " Looking at the mountain and hitting the water against the stone: Looking at the mountain is taken from the Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu's "Looking at Yue" and "Looking at the top of the mountain, you will know that other mountains are dwarfs under the sky". "."Hit the water ",from Zhuangzi's" Happy Travel ","Peng moved to Nanming, the water hit three thousand miles, and the soaring person was nine Wan Li. " "Looking at the mountain" means reading extensively in learning, and "striking water" means paying attention to practice.
"Ask high, Mo Wen is high" to a stone: "Ask high" means that teachers and students should dare to climb the peak of science; "Mo Wen Gao" means that teachers and students should never stop exploring on the road of science.
"Contentment is always happy, lack of knowledge" tells the stone: "Contentment is always happy" always warns students to be content; "Lack of knowledge" means that HKUST students will never be satisfied with exploring scientific knowledge.
"Perfection, like water" is opposite to stone: "Perfection" comes from "university", "the way of university is to show virtue, be close to the people and stop at perfection", which means that the highest realm of being a man is to pursue perfection; "Ruoshui" comes from Laozi, "If water is good, water is good for all things without contention", which means that teachers and students should pursue the fine character of "being covered by all things without striving for fame and fortune".
"Heng An, Heng De" is opposite to the stone: Heng An Stone is shaped like an elephant's body, which is homophonic "peace and harmony", "Heng" means long-term, and "An" means serenity and stability, which means the permanent, stable and rapid development of HKUST. The appearance and texture of the "Hengde" stone is like a thousand rivers flowing into the sea, and the teachers and students of the whole school are integrated to seek common development of the school.