Jinjiang Academy at that time was a typical building in Qing Dynasty, covering an area of more than 3,600 square meters. The location of the Academy is a scenic place, surrounded by the famous "Eight Scenes of Jinjiang" (the morning bell of Haihui, the moonlight reflected on the boat hill, the Xue Ji of Yuemao, the sailing boat of Shi Shui, the sunset at Niutou, the smoky trees in Lihu Lake, and the blue walk). ), far to the southeast of the Luo Xiao Mountains.
The gatehouse faces the vast field, which is the location of the school gate blocked by Liuyang No.7 Middle School today. Coming out of the gatehouse, the corridor is a yard, and then the yard is the front hall. The front hall used to be a long hall about 30 meters long, and then it was Dacheng Hall. There is a courtyard between the halls, and the trees in the courtyard are lush. This is the building on the central axis of the college. There are eight halls on both sides, which are classrooms. In addition, there are many scattered buildings, including dormitory for teachers and students, library, dining room, kitchen, crate room and bathroom. Probably in the early 1990s, the old building of the Academy was demolished. You can barely see the shadow of Jinjiang Academy from an old photo, which was taken by Song Renqiong when he visited his alma mater in May 1988. At that time, the academy was dilapidated, with bare blue bricks on the walls and pieces of square bricks on the ground. Over the years, the square brick has been trampled uneven. It is conceivable that over the past 100 years, how many students have walked here, how many talents have walked out of here, and how many people with lofty ideals have embarked on the revolutionary road on these bricks.
Jinjiang Academy is the center and birthplace of Liuyang New Culture Movement. From 65438 to 0920, Chen Chang, the backbone of Xinmin Society in Winter, was appointed by Mao Zedong to Jinjiang School to organize Liuxi Culture Bookstore together with President Huang Pusheng, and actively reprinted and promoted publications such as Guide and China Youth to promote new morality and spread Marxism-Leninism. 192 1 year, Xia was appointed by Hunan Branch of the Communist Party of China and Provincial Federation of Students, and as a teacher, he helped Chen Chang to set up Liuxi Culture Society, Liuxi Culture Promotion Association and Teachers' Union to explore the true meaning of the revolution. Soon, the first party branch in Liuyang-Jinjiang School Special Branch was established here.
1922 autumn, Chen Chang, summer, etc. Breaking through numerous obstacles and overcoming various difficulties, Jinjiang Girls' School was established, which promoted 20 primary schools in Xixiang to open girls' schools, created opportunities for women to study and receive education, and trained a large number of backbones for the women's liberation movement. From 1922 to 1925, Song Renqiong received revolutionary enlightenment education in Jinjiang High School and was influenced by progressive thoughts. In Memoirs of Song Renqiong, he fondly recalled that meaningful and enthusiastic school life and called it "the cradle of revolution". 1924, Liuyang reactionary authorities threatened Huang Bosheng's resignation, forced him to drop out of school and expelled several progressive students. Progressive teachers and students protested one after another and students held a meeting. At that time, the school thought that Comrade Song Renqiong was organizing a "goose feather fan" and almost fired him.
During the Cultural Revolution, Jinjiang Academy was renamed "May 7th University in Zhentou District", later renamed "Liuyang No.7 Middle School" and later renamed "Liuyang No.7 Middle School".
Jinjiang Academy has disappeared under the wind and frost of the years, but its far-reaching influence on this land and even the whole western district and Liuyang cannot be erased by the years.