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the tranquil 61 number, 60 years of HouRenZhi living place


I met all the way from southbound, to find the tranquil southern located in yan yuan. The tranquil is yanjing university teachers create initial specifically for built residential area, yanjing university of famous professor and scholars many living here.


I come before the tranquil, find relevant material, material in the tranquil leave me the deepest impression is garden entrance has a pair of qianlong stone. Have the clue, I can easily find the tranquil. Disappeared in the entrance of the tranquil, I saw the two pieces of steles, a right and left stand in front of a group of yard, I know this one yard are. Walk into a garden, a single-family "small building" present eyes. It was said that yanjing university in Beijing with "high pay raise division" famous school for professors, scholars, provide the first-class accommodation, embodied in the tranquil construction, can saying is excelsior. First in architectural style, the tranquil American suburban garden villa adopted mode, which the residential villas residential very comfortable. Secondly in building materials, the tranquil except tiles from local architectural shutoff outside, other building materials shipped from abroad and more. With the door window frame is the best Korean pine, brass doorknob hand made by all laid wooden floor, room. House has exquisite fireplace, toilet has cold supply. That year the tranquil "small building" name crown city, after decades of change, today, these "little mansions" but like a weather-beaten old man, telling the tranquil story. The tranquil built at the beginning of the main as yan big foreign professor residence, according to Chinese and foreign teachers at all of the residence, the tranquil number order of 51 residential was designated to 66, the Numbers from yan big to Peking University, and has not changed. I still can see in the tranquil, some house door and that year that black wood addresses don.


All the way from the tranquil entrance, went to the garden southbound depths which 61 number, here is HouRenZhi home. 61 number is a western-style two f, xiaolou of exterior wall is gray, which reflects the surrounding bamboo, HouRenZhi and lady from 1950 moved into the tranquil, has been 60 years.


In 1949, in HouRenZhi, under the leadership of the CPC as leave the classmate return as the construction of the motherland, join in business. In 1950 HouRenZhi return yanjing university teaching and soon moved to the tranquil 61 number live. In the 1950s and early 1960s, HouRenZhi academically achieving brilliant achievements. In 1950, he has published "China evolution course of discussing geographical penny, first for modern Chinese historical geography establish laid a theoretical foundation. In 1952 the substantial reorganizational, he served in Peking University, vice dean, and concurrently just founded geological geography, director since then, "historical geography" will formally appeared in China university curriculum, and HouRenZhi also started the system of academic research. HouRenZhi also in-depth study on the origin and evolution of Beijing for capital construction, to provide the reference. Meanwhile, inspects the northwest area, this paper discusses the historical geography environment changes.


During the "cultural revolution", HouRenZhi was sent to jiangxi carp chau labor reform, there is a serious schistosomiasis, etc HouRenZhi ward undertake here heavy manual work. But hard environment, make HouRenZhi body and mind more strong.


After the "cultural revolution", HouRenZhi back to work and gained a series of achievements. He conducted for handan chengde, zibo, wuhu city such as historical geography investigation, greatly enriched the urban geography research achievement.