See the Statue of Cai Yuanpei in Jing'an Park

Author: Adi Windoro


KOMPAS.com-Cai Yuanpei (1 November 1868-5 March 1940). After completing his studies at the Imperial University of China in the era of the Qing Dynasty, he and his friends against the feudal education and fight for civil rights, especially for women China.
Men born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, is then joined the American League to overthrow the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). But after his name appeared on the government's wanted list Qing Dynasty, Cai fled China and studied philosophy, psychology, and art history at the University of Leipzig, Germany, and returned to China during the rule of the Qing Dynasty was overthrown in the Xinhai Revolution.

A year later, the Chinese Imperial University was renamed the University of Peking (now Beijing), and five years later, Cai was inducted into the university's rector.

China's chances of realizing a modern and educated were more open. Under the motto, "Virtue-Wisdom-Health-Togetherness, and beauty", for 11 years he developed and Peking universities make a new cultural center of China.

In 1920, Peking University became the second university in China who received student after Nanjing University. Dated 27 November 1927, Cai and Professor Xiao Youmei founded the Shanghai Conservatory of Music is based on music education in Leipzig.

High school musical in Shanghai is quickly become one of the world's elite music academy which has 16 faculties. To achieve that honor, conservatories often invite professors and cooperating with other countries such as conservatories America, France, England, Russia, Netherlands, Australia, Germany, and Japan.

The famous musician who was a guest lecturer at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, among others, Isaac Stern, Perlman, Yuri Shiskin, Leon Fleisher, Zukerman, Seiji Ozawa, Simon Rattle, Rostropovich, and Yo Yo Ma.

Beginning in March 1940 Jing'an Park, Cai-one Chinese educator and reformer of the cultural-died in Hong Kong. However, Saturday (04/05/2013) afternoon, her figure still looks in one corner of the main park in Shanghai's Jing'an neighborhood.

In the sculpture, Shanghai Cai sat shirt, pants trousers with leather shoe laces. Above tanggannya there an open book.

The presence of a statue of Cai as to give meaning to an area of ​​33 thousand square meters. In the lush gardens neat built here in 1999, dozens of Shanghai residents come and go-to practice dancing, exercising little, or just sit around reading, drinking tea, and enjoy serving snacks provided some stalls.

Jakarta also has a park-like city Jing'an Park, the Park Suropati. Unfortunately, access to the park is adorned by the work of several artists from ASEAN is not as easy access to Jing'an Park connected with wide pedestrian walkways, beautiful, and comfortable.

So do not be surprised if in the Garden Suropati almost never seen mothers pushing strollers, or the elderly in his wheelchair. Though compared to Jing'an Park, the atmosphere in the Garden Suropati more alive with a variety of activities and inflatable exercise acoustic music, and theater.

Will Governor Jokowi who lives just east of Park Suropati it can turn the city into a lively park Jing'an Park? Hopefully! (Adi Windoro Reuters correspondent reports from Shanghai, China)

Editor: Marcus Suprihadi
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