盛新中学与佑贞女中旧址, Educational heritage site in Xicheng District, China.
Shengxin Middle School and You Zhen Girls Middle School were located here as two educational institutions with traditional architectural styles and classroom spaces from the early modern period. The buildings show how rooms for teaching, administration, and school life were arranged at that time.
Youzhen Girls' National School was founded in 1917 by the French Catholic Mission of Charity on the site of a Qing-era Eight Banners training ground. In 1923 the mission built a new teaching building to its east for Shengxin Middle School. The government took over the two schools in 1951 and 1952, merging them into Beijing No. 40 Middle School.
The buildings show how Chinese schools changed during the early modern period and what new teaching spaces were created for girls. You can still see today how these institutions were organized and what role they played in women's education.
The site is located in a central area of Beijing and is well connected by public transportation. When visiting, bring enough time to explore the different buildings and rooms at a leisurely pace.
The site preserves a stone stele from the Qing-era drill ground, the Jiaochang Bei, whose inscription urged Eight Banners youths to study archery and horsemanship and the Manchu language. The schools were built on this former military training ground, and the stele still stands beside the surviving buildings.
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