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Zhan Tianyou, the word is sincere. He was born in 1861 in Nanhai County, Guangdong. On July 8, 1872, at the age of 12, Zhan Tianyou studied in the United States as one of the first batch of Chinese government-run students to study in the United States.

In 1881, he graduated from Yale University with honors, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in the study of "A Study of Dock Cranes".

Zhan Tianyou was born on March 17, 1861 and died on April 24, 1919, at the age of 58. The word is Cheng, the number is Dachao, Han nationality, originally from Wuyuan County, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province; English name: Jeme Tien Yow; He was China's first outstanding patriotic railway engineer, responsible for the construction of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway (Beijing-Zhangjiakou) and other railway projects, known as the "father of China's railways" and "the father of China's modern engineering".

In addition, the China Zhan Tianyou Civil Engineering Award, primary school texts, movies, etc. are named after Zhan Tianyou.

There is a lesson in the language book in the sixth grade.

Outstanding patriotic engineer of our country.

Zhan Tianyou (April 26, 1861 – April 24, 1919, English name: Jeme Tien Yow), Han nationality, the character is Cheng, and the name is Dachao. Originally from Wuyuan, Huizhou, he was born in Nanhai County, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province (now No. 42, Sprout Lane, Twelve Fu West Street, Enning Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou), studied in the United States at the age of 12, and was admitted to the Department of Civil Engineering of Yale University in 1878, majoring in railway engineering.

He is an expert in modern railway engineering in China and is known as the first chief railway engineer in China. He was responsible for the construction of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway and other projects, and is known as the "father of China's railways" and "the father of China's modern engineering".

From 1905 to 1909, he presided over the construction of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, the first railway independently designed and built by China; The creation of the "shaft excavation method" and the "human" herringbone line shocked China and foreign countries; In the planning and construction of Hujia, Luotong, Jinlu, Jinzhou, Pingli, Xinyi, Chaoshan, Yuehan and other railways, remarkable achievements have been made. He is the author of "Railway Glossary" and "Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway Engineering Chronicle".

Zhan Tianyou (April 26, 1861, April 24, 1919) (Jeme Tien Yow), known as Chengcheng, the word Dachao, a native of Nanhai, Guangdong, originally from Wuyuan, Anhui Province, was China's first railway engineer, responsible for the construction of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway and other projects, known as the "father of Chinese railways" and "the father of modern Chinese engineering".

Zhan Tianyou was born in 1861 (the 11th year of Emperor Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty) in a family of ordinary tea merchants. As a child, Zhan Tianyou was very interested in machines, and often worked with the children in the neighborhood to imitate various machine models from clay. Sometimes, he would secretly take apart the chiming clock at home, fiddle with and fumble with the components inside, and ask questions that even adults can't answer.

In 1872, Zhan Tianyou, who was only 12 years old, went to Hong Kong to apply for the "Preparatory School for Young Children to Go Abroad" organized by the Qing Dynasty. After passing the examination, my father drew a pledge on a certificate of going abroad that stated "If there is an illness and death, each has a destiny". From then on, he said goodbye to his parents and came to the United States to study with the ideal of learning Western "skills".

In the United States, the students of the Overseas Preparatory School witnessed the great achievements of science and technology in North America and Western Europe, and were amazed by the rapid development of machinery, trains, ships and telecommunications manufacturing. As a result, some students became pessimistic about China's future, but Zhan Tianyou said with firm conviction: "In the future, China will also have trains and ships."

With the belief that he would study hard for the prosperity of his country, he studied hard, and graduated with honors from New Haven High School in 1877. In May of the same year, he was admitted to the Department of Civil Engineering of Yale University, specializing in railway engineering. During his four years in college, Zhan Tianyou studied hard and ranked first in the graduation examination with outstanding results.