{"id":30796,"date":"2017-09-28T11:23:10","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T22:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nzcfs.adminmouse.co.nz\/?p=30796"},"modified":"2017-11-15T13:55:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T00:55:39","slug":"statue-of-rewi-alley-xi-zhongxun-at-bailie-international-vocational-college-shandan-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/statue-of-rewi-alley-xi-zhongxun-at-bailie-international-vocational-college-shandan-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Statue of Rewi Alley + Xi Zhongxun, at Bailie International Vocational College, Shandan City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rewi Alley’s China<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Beijing<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Shanghai<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Hubei province<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Shaanxi province<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Gansu province<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Shandan<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Lanzhou<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Zhangye<\/a>\u00a0><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dave Bromwich, president NZCFS, and Michelle Elia, NZCFS teacher at Shandan Bailie School, in front of statue of Rewi Alley (centre left) and Xi Zhongxun (centre right), with children’s Baillie-theme activities. \u00a0Note in background the main building of Bailie International Vocational College is under construction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Type:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0 Statue<\/p>\n

Location:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 In front of the main building of the Bailie International Vocational College, Shandan City, Gansu Province<\/p>\n

Google Earth Image:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Google Earth view of North Shandan City showing location of Bailie International Vocational College (entrance) and the statue of Rewi Alley + Xi Zhongxun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

GPS co-ordinates:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a038\u00b047’55.47″N \u00a0101\u00b0 5’22.26″E<\/p>\n

Cost:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Free, with permission from\u00a0the College<\/p>\n

Access:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0Contact College\u00a0Office to enter grounds.<\/p>\n

Website:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Background:<\/h3>\n

In front of the main building of the Bailie International Vocational College, Shandan City, is a statue of\u00a0\u00a0Rewi Alley and\u00a0Xi Zhongxun with\u00a0children either side representing \u2018create and analyse\u2019 \u2013 the Bailie Philosophy. \u00a0Note that\u00a0Xi Zhongxun, father of President Xi Jingping, was an early honorary principal of Shandan Bailie School, and in his earlier years was also a young military officer in Shuangshipu at the time when Rewi Alley established the first Bailie School there. \u00a0However, he and Rewi did not meet until later. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The statue was unveiled in September 2016, by Dave Bromwich, NZCFS President, Liu Xiaoyun, now party secretary of Shandan County, a Zhangye government leader, and Mr Xi Yuanping (the young brother of President Xi Jinping, and both are sons of Xi Zhongxun).<\/p>\n

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Inscription on rear of statue of Rewi Alley + Xi Zhongxun. It faces the entrance to the main building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The following is a translation of the inscription on the rear of the statue (readable on leaving the main building of the Bailie International Vocational College):<\/p>\n

“Late Mr. Rewi Alley came to China in 1927.\u00a0 Together with George Hogg he established a Bailie School in 1943 and created the educational philosophy of ‘Hands and mind together, create and analyse<\/b>‘.<\/p>\n

Regarding Shandan as his second home, Rewi promoted the integration of oriental and western culture. \u00a0Mr. Xi Zhongxun, one of the predecessors of the proletarian revolution in China, cultivated a profound friendship with Rewi, put a high premium on Bailie’s \u00a0vocational education and he took the responsibility of being the honorary principal of Shandan Bailie School for fourteen years.”<\/p>\n

Rewi Alley’s China<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Beijing<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Shanghai<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Hubei province<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Shaanxi province<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Gansu province<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Shandan<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Lanzhou<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Zhangye<\/a>\u00a0><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This article is based on a report by\u00a0Jane Furkert<\/a>\u00a0of her work: ‘<\/em>An Independent Travellers\u2019 Guide to Rewi Alley Locations in China<\/em><\/strong>, 2016\u2019<\/strong>, <\/em>that was funded by the\u00a0Rewi Alley Friendship and Exchange (RAFE) Fund<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rewi Alley’s China\u00a0>\u00a0Beijing\u00a0>\u00a0Shanghai\u00a0>\u00a0Hubei province\u00a0>\u00a0Shaanxi province\u00a0>\u00a0Gansu province\u00a0>\u00a0Shandan\u00a0>\u00a0Lanzhou\u00a0>\u00a0Zhangye\u00a0> Type:\u00a0\u00a0 Statue Location:\u00a0 In front of the main building of the Bailie International Vocational College, Shandan City, Gansu Province Google Earth Image:\u00a0 GPS co-ordinates:\u00a0 \u00a038\u00b047’55.47″N \u00a0101\u00b0 5’22.26″E Cost:\u00a0\u00a0Free, with permission from\u00a0the College Access:\u00a0\u00a0Contact College\u00a0Office to enter grounds. Website: Background: In front of the main building of the Bailie International […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":27553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[180],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30796"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}