Zeng Guofan was the first person who really practiced actively in the history of China. Under his guidance, he built the first ship in China, which started the modern manufacturing industry. The establishment of the first ordnance school initiated the modern higher education in China.
The first translation and printing of western books not only laid the scientific and technological foundation of modern China, but also greatly broadened the horizons of Chinese people. The arrangement of the first batch of overseas students to study in the United States has cultivated a large number of outstanding talents for the country, among which Tang, the first Prime Minister of the Republic of China, Zhan Tianyou, the "father of railways" in China, Liang Dunyan, the foreign minister in the late Qing Dynasty, and the first president of Tsinghua are outstanding.
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Guofan Zeng Former Residence
Ye He Town, Shuangfeng County, Hunan Province, is located in the east of Shuangfeng County and adjacent to Hengshan Mountain in Nanyue in the east. Named after a pot shaped like a lotus leaf and surrounded by mountains, Zeng Guofan's former residence is located on this lotus leaf. Here is a veritable "cornucopia", with beautiful scenery, fantastic feng shui and rich human and natural landscapes.
Its area is only 100 square kilometers, but it has produced a number of important figures in China's modern history, including Zeng Guofan, a senior official in the late Qing Dynasty, and Ceng Jize, a famous diplomat. Cai Hesen, the early outstanding leader of China, Cai Chang, the pioneer of China women's movement, and Ge, the great revolutionary mother.
At the same time, Qiu Jin, Tang Qunying and Xiang Jingyu all married into the lotus leaf, leaving revolutionary footprints here. Zeng Guofan's hometown enjoys the reputation of "Holy Land of Family Education in China", "Cradle of Great Confucianists", "Hometown of Women's Heroes", "Hometown of National Calligraphy and Painting Art", "Hometown of Academicians" and "Top Geomantic Treasures in China".