The Second Gate is the earliest main gate in Tsinghua, which was built at 1909. 1933, campus expansion, garden wall moving out, new gate (west gate). Since then, this earliest school gate has been called the "Second School Gate".

Spring, summer, autumn and winter, year after year, time flies, standing on the main road and the second school gate of the campus, silently witnessing the history and development of Tsinghua in the storm. It is not only a distinctive symbol of Tsinghua campus, but also a symbol of Tsinghua people's long-term hard work and pragmatic character.

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The school gate of No.2 Primary School was built in 1909, which is the main entrance of Tsinghua School. In the early days, its wings extended from short walls and connected other buildings from east to west. At that time, the access control in Tsinghua was very strict, and all irrelevant personnel were forbidden to enter. 1930, the so-called headmaster appointed by the warlord government was rejected by Tsinghua Student Union.

Later, the campus was expanded and the garden wall was demolished. Now, Ximen has become the new school gate of Tsinghua University. Since then, this earliest school gate has been called the "Second School Gate".

In the late 1950s, in order to facilitate traffic, the low walls on both sides of the gate were removed. Its role as a school gate has been greatly weakened, but in that fiery era, generations of graduates still enthusiastically walked out of the campus and went to all parts of the country.

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