[2024 Kunming Attraction] Travel Guide for Yunnan Normal University - Southwest Associated University Museum (Updated Dec)

Check in at the Southwest Associated University Museum in Kunming

Address: The former site of the Southwest Associated University is located in Yunnan Normal University, No. 298, 121 Street, Wuhua District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province. Planning time: The former site and museum of the Southwest Associated University are open from 9:00 to 16:30 every Tuesday to Sunday, and admission is closed at 16:00. The museum is closed on Mondays. It is recommended to arrange about half a day to visit the museum to fully understand the history and culture of the Southwest Associated University. Each generation has its own destiny. The generation of Chinese scholars at the Southwest Associated University lived in the worst of times, but because they had no choice, they were able to make brave choices in the face of national justice, following their hearts without asking questions. In Nanjing, there is a "Cemetery of Aviation Martyrs", which includes several students from the Southwest Associated University. Dai Rongju, a student of the Department of Geology, died in battle with enemy aircraft in Changsha in 1944; Wang Wen, a student of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, died in battle with enemy aircraft in the Battle of Hengyang; Wu Jian, a student of the Department of Aeronautics, died in battle with enemy aircraft in Shaanxi. "Without enough food, let our blood flow. Without warm comfort, let our blood flow. Blood is our only surplus..." This is a poem by Miao Hong, a student of the Department of Economics at the Southwest Associated University, "Irrigation with Blood". He irrigated this land with his own blood on the eve of the victory of the War of Resistance. Due to the continuous bombing of Changsha by Japanese aircraft, in mid-February 1938, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, the temporary university in Changsha moved westward to Kunming in three routes. In April 1938, it was renamed the National Southwest Associated University. A total of 174 alumni of the National Southwest Associated University (including alumni of the affiliated middle and primary schools) were elected as academicians of the "Two Academies" (including 163 from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 13 from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Zhu Guangya and Zheng Zhemin were academicians of both academies, and *** served as the president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering). In addition, in the first academician selection of the Central Research Institute in 1948, 27 of the 81 academicians were from the National Southwest Associated University. The environment is good! The culture class is good.