Huangshan Tao Xingzhi Memorial

Huangshan Tao Xingzhi Memorial

Tao Xingzhi was born in huangtanyuan village, Shexian County, Anhui Province in 1891. He is a great contemporary people's educator, educational thinker, outstanding democratic fighter, great patriot and great communist fighter. Guo Moruo once praised: "Kong Zhongni 2000 years ago, Tao Xingzhi 2000 years later.". In order to commemorate this world famous person, the Anhui provincial Party committee and government approved the construction of the Tao Xingzhi Memorial Hall in 1981 at the former site of Chongyi school, where Tao Xingzhi studied as a teenager in his hometown. It opened in 1984.

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Tao Xingzhi was born in huangtanyuan village, Shexian County, Anhui Province in 1891. He is a great contemporary people's educator, educational thinker, outstanding democratic fighter, great patriot and great communist fighter. Guo Moruo once praised: "Kong Zhongni 2000 years ago, Tao Xingzhi 2000 years later.".

Personal contribution

Tao Xingzhi devoted his life to education. In his early years, he studied in the United States and studied under Dewey. After returning home, he vigorously promoted civilian education, especially rural education, and successively established Xiaozhuang Normal School, life education society, Shanhai engineering group and other schools. He believed that the popular education method at that time was "dead reading, dead reading, dead reading". Therefore, it advocates "life is education", "society is school" and "integration of teaching and learning". The thatched cottage auditorium of Xiaozhuang Normal School, which he founded, is named "Li Gong". The couplet on both sides is "make friends with horses, cattle, sheep, chickens, dogs and pigs, and work hard on rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice, rice. At that time, it was really commendable for a famous scholar who had obtained a doctorate. Most of his works are about education, mainly including complete works of Tao Xingzhi (11 volumes, more than 5 million words).

Tao Xingzhi's thought has been progressing with the development of the times. His original name was Tao Wenjun. Later, he changed his name to Tao Zhixing because he was in favor of the theory of "unity of practice and knowledge". In practice, he thought that action should come before knowledge, and he changed his name to Tao Xingzhi. After the "12.9" movement, with the help and influence of the party, he actively participated in the Anti Japanese democratic activities and realized that education should serve the nation and the democratic revolution. He successively established educational schools and social universities, and cultivated many revolutionary talents. Li Peng and Zhang Jinfu were his students. Comrade Zhou Enlai once spoke highly of him, saying that he was "a non party Bolshevik who followed the party without reservation". Tao Xingzhi worked hard and plain all his life and devoted himself to the people. "Come with one heart and go without half a root of grass" is his two words of self encouragement, which is a glorious portrayal of his life. At the age of 55, he died of overwork. Comrade Mao Zedong called him "a great people's educator", and Song Qingling called him "a model for all generations" in his inscription. All his life, he was widely respected by progressive people both inside and outside the party and at home and abroad.

Honors

In order to commemorate this world famous person, the Anhui provincial Party committee and government approved the construction of the Tao Xingzhi Memorial Hall in 1981 at the former site of Chongyi school, where Tao Xingzhi studied as a teenager in his hometown. It opened in 1984. Tao Xingzhi's students Liu Jiping, former Secretary of Anhui provincial Party committee and consultant of the Ministry of culture of China, and Wang Yuzhao, former governor of Anhui Province, cut the color. Li Shilong, former Secretary of the provincial Party committee, Zhang Kaifan, Wei Xinyi, vice governor of the provincial government, hang Wei, LV Xingwei, Duan Lipei, and Tao Xingzhi's relatives Wu Shuqin, Tao Xiaoguang, and Tao Cheng attended the opening ceremony. Mr. Saito Akio, a professor of Japanese Specialized University and an expert in ceramic research, came to congratulate him, saying that the opening of the Taoxingzhi Memorial in Anhui Province is of epoch-making significance. In 1996, Tao Xingzhi memorial hall was named as one of the "100 national patriotic education bases for primary and secondary schools" by six ministries and commissions including the State Education Commission. In 1997, it was announced as one of the "100 national patriotic education demonstration bases" by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee.

The East and West gates of the memorial hall are inscribed by Hu Yaobang and Hu Jue Wen respectively.

Address: huangtanyuan village, she County, Anhui Province

Longitude: 118.43595241332

Latitude: 29.865919596813

Tel: 0559-6535622

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