Old Suzhou High School
The Old Suzhou High School next to the Temple of Confucius
in Suzhou, China
Old Suzhou High School Slideshow
Old Suzhou High School Photo Gallery (Downloadable Pictures)
Suzhou High School of Jiangsu Province is located on
Sanyuan Fang of Renmin Road in the city of Suzhou. Suzhou
High School’s beautiful grounds occupy an area of 160 mu
(10.66 square kilometers), with its numerous teaching
facilities reflected in its exquisite surroundings.
The teaching areas of Suzhou High School are located around
Daoshan Hill. The main teaching buildings are the Science
Building facing the main gate and, built in 1936, the
Teaching Complex (comprised of the Eastern and Western red
buildings and the five-story edifice), the newly-renovated
Assembly Hall, the recently completed Library and the
Laboratory Building, the brand-new Info-tech Building, the
White Building, etc. The eastern living area contains modern
student apartments and cafeteria.
By December, 2004, Suzhou High School owns 4,287
students (2,167 at Lida, 126 at the branch school), who are
divided into 87 classes (42 at Lida, 4 at the branch
school), 379 teaching staff, including 292 full-time
teachers (among whom 128 are senior teachers, and 22 are
entitled special level experts).
Suzhou High School enjoys a long and remarkable history
dating back to the year 1035. Originally a prefectural
school, it was founded by a famous scholar and minister
named Fan Zhongyan who presided under Emperor Ren Zong of
the Song Dynasty. The remains of the prefectural school are
now to be found within the grounds of Suzhou High School.
Over the past 100 years, many notable scholars have worked
at this great academy. To name just a few: the masters of
Chinese culture Luo Zhenyu, Wang Guowei and Qian Mu,; the
historian Lu Simian; the artist Yan Wenliang; the literati
Wumei, the linguist Lu Shuxiang, and the demographics expert
Hu Huanyong.
The rich cultural background of Suzhou High School has
cultivated numerous students and most of the graduates have
become elites of the society, 36 of which are now on the
Chinese Academy of Science and the Chinese Academy of
Engineering.
Since the economic reform and the opening to the outside
world, Suzhou High School has paid more and more attention
to innovation and creativity in its education. In the past
10 years, with the start of educational modernization and
with Deng Xiaoping’s theory as the guideline, Suzhou High
School has inherited and given full play to the traditional
features of “root deep in history and culture, mission high
in running the school, earnest teaching and studying style
to establish a solid foundation for the further development
of students”.
Suzhou High School of Jiangsu Province is highly recognized
nationwide. Suzhou High School has won honorable titles of
all kinds, such as “Civilized Unit” for 5 consecutive years,
“Aesthetic Advanced School” twice, “Model School”, etc.
Recently, the school has been entitled as one of the first
“4-star” schools of the province.
(Suzhou High School's Website)
