On the east side of Tsinghua University, there stands a towering building facing south, which can be clearly seen from several miles away. This is the main building, which consists of three parts: the west, the east and the middle, and is connected into a whole by four "street buildings" respectively, with a total construction area of more than 76,000 square meters. Such a huge single scale was second to none in colleges and universities in the 1960s.
The western part of Tsinghua campus is mostly China traditional gardens and European classical buildings, while the main building is typical Soviet style. It was designed by hundreds of teachers and students from many majors in Tsinghua, represented by Gao Yilan, Guan and Yin Yihe, spanning seven grades, and it is a masterpiece of campus architecture in China. The main building is the result of years of work. The west main building was first designed and started on 1956. The following year, the East Main Building started construction. 1960 started the construction of the central main building, and 1966 was completed in May. 200 1 The central main building has two floors, which is even more magnificent.
For more than half a century, the main building has been used as a department library by many departments, becoming an important teaching and research center, and has always been one of the main places for schools to hold meetings, hold lectures and receive guests.
From 65438 to 0994, in a humble laboratory, computer teacher Wu Jianping and his team began to study the Internet. The national academic Internet with the largest scale and important strategic value in the world and the next generation Internet backbone network with pure IPv6 technology have been built here.
On February 22nd, 2002, US President Bush visited Tsinghua. Hu Jintao, an alumnus of class 1965 and then vice chairman of China District, accompanied him to the lobby of the main building and gave a speech to the teachers and students present.
20 1 1 On April 24th, Tsinghua University Centennial Celebration Party was held in the square in front of the main building. More than 10,000 teachers, students and alumni from all walks of life gathered together to celebrate the prosperous birthday.
20 13, 13 The stereoscopic video project hosted by Mr. Dai Qionghai, Department of Automation, won the first prize of national technological invention. With the goal of "climbing the sky, cultivating people and educating people", many teachers and students study hard in various laboratories in the main building and bravely climb the peak.
"Start from me, start from now", 1977 Tsinghua students issued a strong voice of the times. They are also willing to make paving stones, leaving this simple and solid step.
This is the past time of countless Tsinghua people, and it is a history book engraved with vicissitudes and glories. It witnessed the glory and dreams of the past and laid a magnificent chapter in the new century!