Guangdong Guangya Middle School
| Guangdong Guangya High School 广东广雅中学 |
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1 Guangya Lu,Liwan District Guangzhou, Guangdong China |
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| Coordinates | 23°08′28″N 113°14′10″E / 23.141°N 113.236°E |
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| Motto | Traditional Chinese: 務本求實 Simplified Chinese: 务本求实 (Endeavor in the Fundamentals and Pursue the Truth) |
| Opened | July 16, 1888 |
| Founder | Zhang Zhidong |
| Website | www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 廣東廣雅中學 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 广东广雅中学 | ||||||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Guǎngdōng Guǎngyǎ Zhōngxué |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Gwong2 Dung1 Gwong2 Ngaa5 Zung1 Hok6 |
Guangdong Guangya High School (simplified Chinese: 广东广雅中学; traditional Chinese: 廣東廣雅中學) is a reputed senior high school in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Founded by Zhang Zhidong, Viceroy of Liangguang on July 16, 1888, its earliest predecessor Guangya Academy was one of the Four Academies of China in the late Qing dynasty. The name "Guangya" was chosen by Zhang Zhidong, meaning knowledgeability and integrity.
Guangya High School follows the standard Chinese secondary education system and offers a three-year senior program. Students are recruited via municipal high school admission exams. It used to offer a three-year junior program, but the program was moved in 2005 to the privately funded Guangya Experimental School, which itself was established in 2002 and is located in the immediate vicinity. A second "Guangya Experimental"-branded privately funded campus was established in Baiyun District in 2011.
In addition to the campuses in Guangzhou, Guangya High School also operates privately funded campuses in some other cities in Guangdong. An operational campus is located in Yangdong County of Yangjiang and offers both primary and secondary education. A new campus in Boluo County of Huizhou is under construction as of December 2013[update] and scheduled for opening in September 2014.
In a memorial to the imperial court, Zhang Zhidong stated his motivations for establishing Guangya Academy (廣雅書院 / 广雅书院, ). He wrote on the necessity of favoring scholarship to create an educated social atmosphere in Liangguang. He also cited inadequate capacities of several existing academies for taking in students. He was granted permission to purchase 124 mu (8.27 hectares or 20.4 acres) of land in northwest Guangzhou (known as Canton at that time) for the academy. Construction started on June 11, 1887 and completed a year later at a cost of 138,866 taels of silver. The academy opened on July 16, 1888 with an annual budget of 17,150 taels of silver. The inaugural head of the academy was Liang Dingfen, a scholar whom Zhang Zhidong frequently consulted with education issues.
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