1893165438+1On October 29th, Zhang Zhidong invited Emperor Guangxu to write a letter on "Running a School through Self-improvement" and chose the original ZhangZhidong Road in Wuchang Old Town, thus beginning the history of Wuhan University. 1902, Zhang Zhidong renamed "Self-improvement School" as "Dialect School". 1904, Zhang Zhidong wrote "School Song" as the first school song.
architectural feature
The roof design of the Institute of Technology building is unique. The lower eaves are glazed tiles of Kongquelan, the top floors are transparent glass, and then four inverted orange pottery rows are stacked into a pagoda shape to form a pyramid-shaped roof beam with four corners and two eaves; The combination of red, white and blue in Fiona Fang has formed a rare roof form at home and abroad.
On the four corners of the double roof of the Institute of Technology building, there are eight sculptures of "immortals riding horses", and behind each riding "immortals" on the four lower eaves, there are eight "spiny beasts" (six on the upper eaves), which are more than those on the roofs of other buildings on campus, such as the old library and the Songqing Gymnasium.