High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University
The High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University (Chinese: 北京师范大学附属中学; pinyin: Běijīng Shīfàn Dàxué Fùshǔ Zhōngxué, BJSDFZ) is a high school affiliated with Beijing Normal University located in Xicheng District, Beijing. Founded in 1901 as China's first public high school, it is ranked among the most prestigious and elite high schools in the country.
The High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University 北京师范大学附属中学 Běijīng Shīfàn Dàxué Fùshǔ Zhōngxué | |
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![]() East Campus (东区) as viewed from Nanxinhuajie. | |
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18 Nanxinhuajie St 100052 China | |
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Motto | 诚、爱、勤、勇 ("Truthfulness, Dedication, Diligence, Courageousness") |
Established | November 2, 1901 Wanping, Shuntian Prefecture, Qing dynasty (121 years, 359 days) |
Status | Open |
Sister school | Second High School Attached to Beijing Normal University, Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University |
Category | Demonstrative ordinary public high school (示范性普通公立高中) |
Principal | Wang Liping |
Campus Director | Kuang Li |
Key people | Li Min, Gu Yongmei, Liang Yuancao (Vice Principals) Xu Jianyong (Communist Party Committee Chief) |
Campuses | 2 (one on each side of Nanxinhuajie St) |
Student Union/Association | Student Union of the High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University (北京师大附中学生会) Communist Youth League High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University Committee (共青团北京师大附中委员会) |
Song | School Song of the High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University 北京师大附中校歌 |
Nickname | "Fuzhong/附中" (the Affiliated High School) |
Publication | Fuzhongren/附中人 ("the Affiliated High Schoolers") |
Affiliation | Beijing Normal University |
Alumni | Qian Xuesen, Guan Xiaotong, Li Landi |
Website | www |
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Simplified Chinese | 北京师范大学附属中学 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 北京師範大學附屬中學 | ||||||
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History
BJSDFZ was founded on November 2, 1901.(五成学堂, wucheng xuetang)
BJSDFZ is one of the oldest public modern secondary schools in China.
The High School affiliated to Beijing Normal University was formerly known as Wucheng School (五城学堂). In Qing Dynasty, the capital Beiping (former Beijing) was divided into five cities: East, west, north, south and middle city.[1] The name Wucheng School means "five cities school." In 1908, the school was divided into two school, Wucheng School and Superior Normal School. In 1912, Superior Normal School was changed into Beijing Higher Normal School, and Wucheng School was changed into the Affiliated Middle School of Beijing Higher Normal School.
In 1921, a women's department was added, which was the beginning of coeducation in middle schools in Beijing. In 1923, with the upgrading of Beijing Higher Normal School to Beijing Normal University, Wucheng Middle School became the affiliated middle school of Beijing Normal University. It became the first public middle school in China.[2]
In the following decades, the High School affiliated to Beijing Normal University changed its name several times. 1977 Beijing Municipal Committee approved the restoration of the original name Beijing Normal University Affiliated High School.
Campuses
One on each side of Nanxinhua street, students under grade 12 study on the east campus, students in grade 12 study on the west campus.
From 2018, students in grade 7 study in the campus which used to be Hepingmen high school.
Alumni
Qian Xuesen
Qian Xuesen (December 11, 1911—October 31, 2009), born in Shanghai, was an applied mechanic, aerospace technology and systems engineer, member of the Faculty of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, winner of the “Two Bombs, One Satellite” Merit Medal. He was a senior advisor to the Science and Technology Commission of the General Armaments Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.[3]
Qian studied at the High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University in 1923 and graduated in 1926. In 1929, Qian Xuesen studied at the Department of Mechanical Engineering in Shanghai Jiao Tong University from 1929 to 1934. In 1939, he received his Ph. D. degree in Aeronautics and mathematics from California Institute of Technology.[4] In 1946, he became an associate professor in Department of Aeronautical Engineering. One year later, he became a professor of Aerodynamics.[5]
Zhao Shiyan
Zhao Shiyan was an early proletarian revolutionary of the Chinese Communist Party, a disseminator of Marxism theory, a leader of the labor movement, and one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party.
In 1915, Zhao Shiyan was admitted to the Affiliated High School of Beijing Higher Normal School. He had participated in the famous "May 4th Movement" and was the organizer of the student movement of the High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University.[6] In 1920, he went to France for work-study and founded the European Branch of the Chinese Communist Party together with Zhou Enlai and others.[7] After returning to China, Zhao Shiyan led three strikes in Shanghai and became a famous leader of the labor movement. He was arrested and killed in 1927.[8]

Teachers
BJSDFZ has 17 "Supreme teachers"(特级教师, teji jiaoshi), over 50% are "High-level teachers".[9]
Academics
In recent 100 years, many students who graduated from BJSDFZ, became distinguished professors
100% of the graduate go to colleges. During 2005–2015, thousands of students went to top colleges in the mainland, hundreds of students went to famous colleges overseas.[10]
Clubs
BJSDFZ Robot club entered “First Global” Robotics Challenge in 2018, and won Fourth place.[11]
BJSDFZ MUN club won the "Best Statement" (最佳立场文件奖, zuijia lichangwenjian jiang) and "Best Demeanor" (最佳风采奖, zuijia fengcai jiang) in PKUNMUN2019.[12]
Motto
诚(cheng), 爱(ai), 勤(qin), 勇(yong)(Truthfulness, Dedication, Diligence and Courageousness)
See also
References
- "京师五城坊巷胡同集 : 京师五城坊巷胡同集 - 中国哲学书电子化计划". ctext.org (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- "学校沿革 - 北京师范大学附属中学". www.bjsdfz.com. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- "钱学森简介----中国科学院". www.cas.cn. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
- "Caltech Aerospace (GALCIT)". Caltech Aerospace (GALCIT). Retrieved 2023-02-16.
- "MIT Museum". webmuseum.mit.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
- 策縦, 周 and 周子平. “五四运动 : 现代中国的思想革命 = The may fourth movement : intellectual revolution in modern China.” (1960).
- Levine, Marilyn. "Leninist Legacies and Revolutionary Life Histories in the Chinese Communist Party: A Plutarchian Case Study of Cai Hesen and Zhao Shiyan." Twentieth-Century China, vol. 44 no. 3, 2019, p. 305-323. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/tcc.2019.0032.
- Levine, Marilyn. "LENINIST LEGACIES AND REVOLUTIONARY LIFE HISTORIES IN THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY: A PLUTARCHIAN CASE STUDY OF CAI HESEN AND ZHAO SHIYAN" (PDF).
External links
- The High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University (in English)/(in Chinese)