Historical figures in Jilin City:
Niu Zihou
Niu Zihou (representative of the Niu family in Jilin, founder of the famous Peking Opera class "Xiliancheng") His real name is Niu Bingkun, courtesy name Zihou, and his ancestral home is Taiyuan, Shanxi.
Born in Jilin in 1866 (the fifth year of Tongzhi), he is the fourth generation descendant of the famous giant "Shipyard Niu Family". He owns dozens of business houses in Jilin City and has branches in major towns in the Northeast. A big boss with "buy and sell".
He founded the "Xi Liancheng Class", which was later renamed the "Fu Liancheng" Class, and made great contributions to the inheritance and development of Peking Opera in China.
Because the students who studied in this class received formal professional education, many of them became "famous actors" in the Peking Opera world in the future, and some were famous all over the country and around the world.
For example, Mei Lanfang, whose original name was Mei Xiqun, was later renamed Lanfang. Zhou Xinfang, Ma Lianliang, etc. were all students who learned from this class.
Song Xiaolian
Song Xiaolian, also known as Youmei or Tiemei.
A native of Shuangyang County, Jilin Province, he is an outstanding patriot in modern China. He is good at poetry and calligraphy. He is known as one of the "Three Heroes of Jilin". In the third year of the Republic of China, he served as the governor of Heilongjiang and the chief of civil affairs; during the Anti-Japanese War Tsarist Russia has made contributions to safeguarding the country’s territorial integrity.
A political figure in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.
Song Dynasty
Cheng Duolu
Cheng Duolu was a native of Jilin and a famous calligrapher.
He is proficient in poetry, calligraphy, poems and manuscripts, and his ink has spread all over the three northeastern provinces. He is well-known throughout the country and is known as one of the "Three Heroes of Jilin".
In the early years of the Republic of China, he served as a member of the second Senate of Jilin Province and the director of the Review Office of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China. He was an honest official and was hailed as the "Integrity Administrator" by the masses.
, was dubbed one of the "Three Heroes of Jilin"; after the fall of Northeast China, he insisted on not cooperating with the puppet regime, showing his noble national integrity.
Han Xianzong
Han Xianzong, a native of Jilin, played an important role in fighting the Japanese army to defend southern Liaoning and in the early development of Huadian gold resources, and created the "Golden World" that was famous throughout the country at that time. .
Zhang Zuoxiang
Zhang Zuoxiang was born in Yixian County, Jinzhou, Liaoning Province. From April 1924 to the "September 18th" Incident in 1931, he was promoted to the positions of military governor and governor of Jilin Province.
During his tenure, he founded the earliest colleges and universities, built the Jihai Railway, built the first water plant, etc.
Won the support of the people.
Li Weimin
Li Weimin’s original name was Li Fuhui, and he used to be named Li Yimin, Zhang Shouren and Wang Yimin.
Originally from Hebei, he was born in Jilin in 1909.
Joined the Communist Party of China in 1930 and was loyal to the revolutionary cause. He worked in enemy-occupied areas for a long time in his early years. He was one of the founders of the Jilin Special Branch and the Jilin Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China.