Before visiting the school, I learned that the original name of the school was Dongshan Academy, which was founded in 1890. 1905, changed to public Dongshan senior primary school in Xiangxiang county; 19 10 Mao Zedong came here to study, and the school became the first stop for Mao Zedong to go out of Shaoshan and embark on the revolutionary road. However, seeing is believing, so my father told me that 65438+February 26th is the 20th anniversary of Chairman Mao's birthday/KLOC-0, and I am particularly excited to visit Dongshan School today.
Dongshan school, I'm finally here! Approaching the school gate and looking up at the name of 1958 "Dongshan School" inscribed by Chairman Mao, I can't help but feel deep admiration.
When you walk into the gate, the first thing you see is a circular river. The nanmu trees by the river are lush, and the weeping willows are reflected in the clear river, which is really beautiful. Because it is winter, the lotus leaf has dried up, but countless colorful koi fish are swimming around in it, which makes people feel full of vitality. We stepped on the bluestone road by the river and came to the ancient well in Li Anquan. We couldn't help but stop. I saw a stone engraved with "Buddha-chanting frog" written by Mao Zedong as a teenager:
Sitting alone in the pond like a tiger,
Cultivate spirit in the shade of trees.
I won't say anything about spring,
Which bug dares to make a sound? .
After my father explained the meaning of this poem carefully, I read it again and again before I found it unforgettable. Mao Zedong's great ambition comes from stones.
Cross the stone bridge and you come to the former site of the academy. There are green grass outside the courtyard wall, and it can be vaguely seen from the wooden horizontal bar, ladder, trekking poles and other facilities that this is the lawn of that year. I climbed the ladder curiously, too. It was so high! Overlooking the academy from the top of the ladder, the antique palace wall buildings are hidden in the water and mountains, which really reminds me of the legend of lotus falling! I was immersed in my own reverie when suddenly someone below called out to me, "That classmate, pay attention to safety!" " "No way, I had to bite the bullet and take it off.
Amazingly, the White Stone Gate of the Academy is engraved with four vigorous characters "Dongshan Academy", written by Huang Ziyuan, the second-ranked calligrapher in Qing Dynasty.
The whole school building is a deep courtyard, with blue bricks and tiles and simple style, which has only been seen on TV before. The statue of Confucius was enshrined in the ceremony hall, and the school motto of "honesty and diligence" hung high, which made me awe. Careful observation shows that there are three entrances in the main hall, and there are five rooms for putting things, about fifty or sixty rooms. The classrooms, study rooms and dormitories where Mao Zedong studied in those years have kept their original features for people to visit.
"Looking for an old place thousands of miles away, the old look has changed." Looking back on Chairman's poems and looking around, Dongshan School has not only been renovated, but also become a provincial key middle school, a national patriotic demonstration education base, a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national 4A-level tourist attraction. I think, this "land of lotus" that has surpassed leaders, generals, poets and scholars will surely glow with new youthful vitality and be worthy of the name of Zhong Ling Yu Xiu.
Today, I'm standing under the tall magnolia tree in the Academy, recalling Mao Zedong's hard study more than 100 years ago. My ears seem to echo with the sound of reading, and I can't help but feel a feeling of stepping in the footsteps of great men and studying hard to serve the country.