Henan University

Henan University was founded in 1912, formerly known as Henan preparatory school for studying in Europe and America. It was once the seat of Henan Academy of education. In 1903 and 1904, the national examination was held here. In 1905, the imperial examination system, which lasted for more than 1300 years, came to an end here. The motto of Heda is "to be moral, to be new, to be perfect". Walking into Henan University, there are many modern buildings in the green, such as green bricks, green tiles, flying eaves, animals, carved beams and painted buildings. A kind of historical massiness and artistic beauty spread around us unconsciously.

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Historical evolution

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In 1902, Henan University was founded in Kaifeng, Henan Province.

From 1903 to 1904, China's last two examinations were held in Henan Gongyuan, and the imperial examination system, which lasted for more than 1300 years, came to an end.

In 1905, Henan Normal School (later changed to Kaifeng Teachers College) was established in qianyingmen of Kaifeng.

In 1907, Henan law and politics school (later changed to Henan public law and politics school) was established in sanshengmiao street, Kaifeng.

On April 29th, 1912, Wang Jingfang and others published the public notice of preparing to study in Europe and America.

Early days

In 1912, a group of Henan Renren sages represented by Mr. Lin Boxiang founded Henan preparatory school for studying in Europe and America at the site of Qing Dynasty Gongyuan in Kaifeng, which became one of the three major training bases for studying abroad in China at that time. General Feng Yuxiang took over the president of Henan Province, seized Zhao ti's family property, and appropriated special funds as the preparatory fund of Henan University. After discussion by the provincial council, he decided to name the University "Zhongzhou University", and appointed Zhang Honglie, President of the preparatory school for studying in Europe and America, as the organizing commissioner. Then, the Provincial Council formally appointed Zhang Honglie, President of Zhongzhou University, to establish the University on the basis of the preparatory school.

In 1915, the teaching building of Henan preparatory school for studying in Europe and the United States, the No. 6 building of modern building complex of Henan University, started construction.

In August 1922, Henan provincial government approved that the deed tax was used as the special fund for education, and the educational fund of Henan Province was realized independently.

On March 3, 1923, on the basis of the establishment of Henan preparatory school for studying in Europe and America, Zhongzhou University was rebuilt and the opening ceremony was held. There were two subjects, liberal arts and science. Zhang Honglie was the president, Feng Youlan and Cao Liqing were the directors of liberal arts and science.

In June 1927, general Feng Yuxiang decided to merge Henan public special school of law and politics and Henan provincial special school of agriculture into Zhongzhou University, rebuild national Kaifeng Sun Yat sen University (National Fifth Sun Yat sen University), and add agricultural and legal subjects. In September 1928, the medical department was set up.

the period of the war of Resistance Against Japan

In August 1930, the University changed its name to Henan Provincial University, and changed the five branches of Arts, science, law, agriculture and medicine into five academies. Zhang Zhonglu was the president of the University, officially named Henan University. 　　

In August 1934, the Department of civil engineering of Henan University was incorporated into Tianjin Beiyang University (now Tianjin University).

During the Anti Japanese War, Henan University successively traveled to Xinyang, Nanyang, Luoyang, Xi'an, Baoji, Suzhou and other places. Although books, materials and instruments were seriously damaged, it still kept running.

In 1938, the animal husbandry department of Henan University, Northwest Agricultural College and Agricultural College of Northwest Associated University established the national Northwest Agricultural College.

In 1942, the provincial Henan University was changed into the national Henan University. Yu Youren, the educator, wrote the name of the University, which guaranteed the funds for running the University. It became a comprehensive university with six colleges of Arts, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine and law. It was one of the national universities with strong academic strength and famous at home and abroad at that time.

In May 1944, Japanese invaders invaded Henan University, and more than ten teachers and students were killed in the Tantou massacre.

In 1944, in the evaluation of universities by the Ministry of education, Heda won the third place in the National University.

In 1945, Japan surrendered and Henan University moved back to Kaifeng at the end of December.

In August 1946, Henan University established engineering college, which was merged into Yellow River water conservancy engineering college.

In 1948, the Ministry of education of the Republic of China decided to move all the teachers and students of Henan University from Kaifeng to Wu County, Suzhou. With the help of the Ministry of education, Yao Congwu, then president of Henan University, helped Henan University get the help of people from all walks of life in Wu County, maintained the life of the teachers and students of Henan University, and gradually put the teaching on the right track. The Central Plains Bureau of the CPC Central Committee decided to build Zhongyuan University in Baofeng on the basis of a group of progressive teachers and students of Henan University, with Fan Wenlan as president. In November, Zhongyuan University was moved to the site of Henan University in Kaifeng.

Adjustment of colleges and departments

In 1949, the left wing of Heda went to Wuhan, the right to Taiwan, and Zhongyuan University moved to Wuhan. At the same time, the Henan Provincial People's government took back more than 1200 teachers and students from Henan University who migrated to Suzhou, based on more than 500 teachers and students from medical college and Education Department of Zhongyuan University and more than 400 teachers and students from Henan Administrative College. It reorganized Henan University, with Wu Zhipu, chairman of the provincial government, as its president, and four colleges, namely, teaching college, agricultural college, medical college and administrative college. On August 16, 1951, the Central South military and political Commission officially decided to merge the school of education of Zhongyuan University in Kaifeng with the private Huazhong University in Wuhan into a public Huazhong University, and set up the "Huazhong University Restructuring Committee", which is an important foundation for today's Huazhong Normal University

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In 1952, the Agricultural College of Henan University was independent as Henan Agricultural College (now Henan Agricultural University), the medical college was independent as Henan Medical College (later changed to Henan Medical University and merged into Zhengzhou University in 2000), the administrative college was independent as Henan College of political science and law management (merged into Henan University of Finance and economics in 2010), and the Department of water resources was transferred to Wuhan University of water resources (now Wuhan University) ）The Department of Finance and economics was transferred to Zhongnan University of Finance and Economics (now Zhongnan University of economics and law), plant diseases and insect pests were merged into Huazhong Agricultural University (now Huazhong Agricultural University), animal husbandry and veterinary medicine were merged into Jiangxi Agricultural University (now Jiangxi Agricultural University), and the Department of civil engineering and mathematics were merged into Hunan University. At the same time, part of the Department of geography of Hunan University was incorporated into Henan University.

On August 6, 1953, the Ministry of education of the people's Republic of China and the culture and Education Committee of the State Council decided to merge Henan University with Pingyuan Normal University, which is collectively called Henan Normal University. It runs schools in Kaifeng and Xinxiang, and is divided into one college and two colleges.

On August 16, 1955, the CPC Henan Provincial Committee adjusted Henan Normal University and decided to concentrate liberal arts on Kaifeng and science on Xinxiang.

In November 1956, the first college of Henan Normal University was renamed Kaifeng Normal University, and the second college was renamed Xinxiang Normal University (now Henan Normal University). Kaifeng Normal University has four departments of Chinese, history, geography and foreign languages and a teaching and research section of education.

In 1959, Kaifeng teachers college was merged into Kaifeng Teachers College, with four new departments of physics, chemistry, mathematics and biology, and then the departments of politics and education and physical education.

In July 1962, Henan Institute of art was merged into the Department of art, Henan Institute of physical education was merged into the Department of physical education, and the Department of geography of Zhengzhou University was merged into the Department of geography. So far, the school has 10 departments of Chinese, history, politics and education, geography, foreign language, mathematics, physics, chemistry, physical education and art.

In 1975, Kaifeng normal college founded Xinyang branch, and in 1978, it became Xinyang Normal College.

In 1979, the University changed its name to Henan Normal University and added the Department of education.

Looking to the future

In May 1984, it was restored to Henan University, and gradually transformed from a normal university into a comprehensive university.

In July 2000, Kaifeng Medical College and new Kaifeng Teachers College were merged into Henan University to reconstruct medical science. In the same year, Henan University became one of the 12 universities that the Ministry of Education decided to establish the "national sports and art teacher training base".

In October 2001, the foundation of the new campus of Henan University was laid.

In July 2004, when Comrade Jiang Zemin inspected the University, he personally wrote the inscription of "keep pace with the times, develop and innovate, and make Henan University a first-class university in China".

In 2006, he was selected into the National College Students' cultural quality education base.

On May 14, 2007, Henan University entrusted Henan Xianfeng trademark office to submit 98 trademark registration applications such as "Henan University" to the State Trademark Office. Henan University is divided into 1-45 categories according to the classification of similar goods and services. In addition, the university has carried out trademark defensive registration protection for "Heda + pinyin", "Heda + school emblem" and "Henan University + school emblem".

In 2008, the list of the first batch of 51 key ancient books protection units was published, including 12 university libraries, among which Henan University Library is one.

On July 26, 2008, the Olympic flame came to Kaifeng. Kaifeng station torch route 6.6 km, of which 4.2 km in the campus of Henan University.

On October 17, 2008, the people's Government of Henan Province and the Ministry of education signed an agreement in the people's Hall of Henan Province to jointly build Henan University, and Henan University officially entered the ranks of jointly built universities.

In 2010, Zhengzhou Longzihu campus of Henan University was launched.

In 2011, the State Council clearly put forward "supporting Henan University to build a first-class university in China" in the "guiding opinions on supporting Henan Province to speed up the construction of the Central Plains Economic Zone". In the same year, the people's Government of Henan Province issued the "revitalization of Henan University, a century old famous university"

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