Guangzhou True Light Middle School, or True Light High School, is a school located at Shanding, Baihedong Street,
Liwan District
Liwan District is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China. The district is split into two parts by the Pearl River: Xiguan in the northeast and Fangcun in the southwest.
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(formerly known as in
Fangcun District
Fangcun District () was a former district in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It lay to the southwest of Guangzhou's modern downtown area and south of the Pearl River. It was established in 1949 after the Chinese Communist Party took over Guangzhou f ...
),
Guangzhou
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...
, founded in 1872 by
Harriet Newell Noyes
Harriet Newell Noyes (; March 5, 1844 – January 16, 1924) was an American Presbyterian educator, writer, and missionary for fifty years. She founded the True Light Middle School, the first women's school in Guangdong Province, China, and is cred ...
, who was an American Presbyterian and missionary for over 140 years. It is the mother school of
True Light Middle School of Hong Kong and
Kowloon True Light Middle School
Kowloon True Light School (KTLS, ) is a Protestant girls' secondary school , it’s founded in 1945 which situated in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. This school is located near Kowloon Tong station.
Like all True Light Middle School in Hong ...
.
It is near the
YMCA
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It was founded on 6 June 1844 by George Williams in London, originally ...
Fangcun Branch and beside
Guangzhou Puiying Middle School, which is founded in 1879 by
Henry Varnum Noyes, who was the elder brother of Harriet Newell Noyes and another missionary and American Presbyterian.
History
On June 16, 1872, the True Light Academy was first founded in Shakee, and in 1913 it was moved to the current location. the Chinese Communists have taken over the school from 1949, reformed as a public school and the Primary school part was used to be named as Primary School of Renji Rd. (1951), No. 19 Public Primary school of Central District (1955), First Primary School of Taiping Street (1956), Primary School of Renji Rd. Central District (1958), Primary School of Renji Rd. Yuexiu District (1960), Ruijin Primary School of Yuexiu District (1967) and Primary School of Renji Rd. Yuexiu District (1971). Until 1996, it was finally renamed back as Guangzhou True Light Primary School.
The Middle School part combined with New Fashion Private Middle School in 1953 named as Guangzhou Long Beach Middle School. In fall of the same year, renamed as No. 9 Middle School of Guangzhou by using the New Fashion Middle School side, and the Renji Rd. side was renamed as No. 3 Middle School of Guangzhou. The New Fashion Private. formerly known as Yinghai Private Middle School in 1947 founded by a group of Teochew people. In April 1987, the High School part renamed as No. 2 Travelling Secondary School of Guangzhou, until 2000, both reused as the True Light Long Beach Middle School of Guangzhou.
In 1954, the Renji Rd. Side was renamed as Guangzhou No. 22 Middle School and during the 1976 was moved to
Hongde Rd.,
Haizhu District
Haizhu District is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China.
Geography
Haizhu District is located in the southern part of Guangzhou city. After the adjustment of Guangzhou' ...
once and being back by September 1981, in the duration, the location was used for Guangzhou Foreign Language School.
In 1984, it was named back the Guangzhou True Light Middle School. In 2002 and 2007, The Guangzhou True Light Middle School has rebuild the connection with the True Light Middle School in Hong Kong.
The schools under the name of True Light have been called the Seven Siblings of True Light.
Notable alumni
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Zhang Guangning, ex-mayor of
Guangzhou
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...
.
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Anna Chennault
Anna Chennault, born Chan Sheng Mai, later spelled Chen Xiangmei (, actual birth year 1923, but reported as June 23, 1925 – March 30, 2018), also known as Anna Chan Chennault or Anna Chen Chennault, was a war correspondent and prominent Republ ...
, a female prominent Asian-American politician of the Republican Party.
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Su Hua, famous female artist.
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Zheng Ruyong, female scholar.
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Lin Boxi,
Yin Haorong,
Situ Shu, Athletes of Diving.
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Lu Jufang, Athlete of table tennis.
See also
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Hong Kong True Light College
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Kowloon True Light Middle School
Kowloon True Light School (KTLS, ) is a Protestant girls' secondary school , it’s founded in 1945 which situated in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. This school is located near Kowloon Tong station.
Like all True Light Middle School in Hong ...
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True Light Girls' College
True Light Girls' College (TLGC, ) is a Christian girls' secondary school in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1973, to commemorate the centenary of the first True Light Middle School, which was founded in 1872 in Canton by the American ...
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Hong Kong True Light College
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Harriet Newell Noyes
Harriet Newell Noyes (; March 5, 1844 – January 16, 1924) was an American Presbyterian educator, writer, and missionary for fifty years. She founded the True Light Middle School, the first women's school in Guangdong Province, China, and is cred ...
External links
the official Website
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Middle Schools in Guangzhou