Where is the former site of Xugongqiao Rural Improvement Experimental Zone?

The former site of Xugongqiao Rural Improvement Experimental Zone is located in the east of Xugongqiao Village, huaqiao town, Kunshan, Suzhou (now in Xugongqiao Primary School). Xugongqiao experimental area for rural improvement is the first experimental area for rural improvement in China. It is a pioneering practice of rural reform and educational reform in modern China, which has had a far-reaching impact on rural construction.

The existing main building in the former site of the experimental area is Danian Hall. The building, facing south, is a two-story brick-wood structure, with clear water red brick walls and red machine-made brick roofs, with a width of 28.30m, a depth of11.50m and a eaves height of 6.48m. The main hall is a hollow hall with two floors, with a single wing on the north and a corridor connecting Wuyi Hall on the west. It has been turned into a historical exhibition hall of "Xugongqiao Rural Improvement Experimental Zone".

From 65438 to 0928, Huang Yanpei, a famous educator, founded Xugongqiao Rural Improvement Experimental Zone, a vocational education society, in Huaqiao, Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, and established Xugongqiao Rural Improvement Association. 1June, 929, the Wuyi Hall of the Central Auditorium of Xugongqiao Rural Improvement Association was completed. In addition to the auditorium, there are libraries, music rooms, seed rooms, credit cooperatives, medicine rooms and offices. Xugongqiao Rural Improvement Experimental Zone takes the policy of "integration of wealth and education", takes "rural autonomy, popularization of education, abundant production and perfect entertainment" as its purpose, and is committed to rural reconstruction centered on community work such as compulsory education.

The work in the experimental area ended on June 1934, and the facilities such as Wuyi hall were handed over to the local authorities. 1943, Cai Yanan and others used the former site of Xugongqiao Rural Improvement Association to establish a private Zhenchuan junior high school, 1947, and changed it to a public Zhenchuan middle school branch. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xugongqiao Branch of Zhenchuan Middle School was transferred to Kunshan County and changed to Xugongqiao Primary School and Xugongqiao Junior High School.

The building faces south, with a two-story brick-wood structure, clear water red brick walls and red machine-made brick roofs, with a width of 28.30m, a depth of11.50m and a eaves height of 6.48m. The main hall is a hollow hall with two floors on the east and west sides. There is a wing room on the north side, and Wuyi Hall on the west side is connected by a corridor and used as a school building. 1982, school expansion, Wuyitang demolition. The existing Daniantang has been turned into the historical exhibition hall of "Xugongqiao Rural Improvement Experimental Zone" and is now a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province.

Xugongqiao experimental area for rural improvement is the first experimental area for rural improvement in China. It is a pioneering practice of rural reform and educational reform in modern China, which has had a far-reaching impact on rural construction.

From 2065438 to March 2009, the former site of Xugongqiao Rural Improvement Experimental Zone was announced by the provincial government as the eighth batch of cultural relics protection units in Jiangsu Province.