1. Zhan Tianyou, he is a powerful shovel with reinforced steel. He shovels away the clods of soil at any time, shovels out the tracks under the train, flattens the anxious heart of the Chinese people, and shovels across the Overcome the contempt and arrogance of imperialism, and ushered in a glorious future for China's railway engineering. ——Deng Xiaoping

2. Life has its length, and destiny has its ups and downs... Fortunately, my life can be turned into a railway track crawling on the land of China, which can be regarded as a great blessing in my rough life. ——Hu Shi

3. Everyone learns from what they have learned and uses their knowledge to make the country immune to foreign aggression and able to stand on its own on the earth. ——Dobrolyubov

4. Zhan Tianyou, who was not afraid of difficulties and accepted the task resolutely, left people in awe of the great projects he left behind. ——Cai Yuanpei

5. It was you who defended the dignity of the motherland with your life; it was you who washed away China's humiliation with your blood and sweat; it was you who resolutely accepted the task in the face of hardships and ridicule; it was you who The motherland built the first railway built by the Chinese themselves. ——Guo Moruo

6. Your glorious achievements have given the imperialists a powerful counterattack, and your efforts have fulfilled the dreams of several generations of Chinese people. ——Ding Ling

Extended information

Zhan Tianyou (1861-1919) was a native of Boyuan, Jiangxi. my country's outstanding patriotic engineer and railway engineering expert. He has loved learning since childhood. In 1872, 12-year-old Zhan Tianyou was admitted to the first batch of children studying in the United States. When he was studying in an American middle school, he devoted himself to studying natural sciences.

In 1878, 17-year-old Zhan Tianyou was admitted to Yale University in the United States. Returned to China in 1881. In 1888, he served as an engineer at the then China Railway Company. Within eighty days of taking office, he completed the track-laying task of the Tanggu-Tianjin railway. Later, the Luanhe River Bridge was built. In 1894, the British Engineering Research Society officially admitted Zhan Tianyou as a member. In 1905, the Qing government appointed Zhan Tianyou as the chief engineer for the construction of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway.

Zhan Tianyou is an outstanding patriotic engineer in our country. The railway from Beijing to Zhangjiakou was first successfully built under his leadership. This is the first main railway line designed and constructed entirely by Chinese engineering and technical personnel. ?

He is one of the pioneers of modern science and technology in our country, a great patriot, and the first person to build railways in China. He is a pioneer in my country's modern science and technology circles, a great patriot and an outstanding railway engineering technical expert. As a pioneer of China's railway industry, Zhan Tianyou is known as the father of China's railways and the father of modern Chinese engineering.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia_Zhan Tianyou (Chinese Railway Engineering Expert)