我国科学技术界和广大人民,以景仰和自豪的心情,纪念十九世纪末二十世纪初我国最杰出的爱国工程师詹天佑诞辰一百周年;纪念他建成了第一条完全由中国工程技术人员设计、施工的铁路干线——(北)京张(家口)铁路,在我国铁路建设史上写下了光辉的一页;纪念他为我国铁路工程枝术的发展,作出了卓越的贡献;更纪念他蔑视帝国主义,发愤图强、自力更生的爱国主义精神,和踏实钻研、同工人结合的作风。 1861年4月26日(清咸丰11年3月17日)詹天佑出生在广东省南海县。他祖父原来开设一家茶行,在鸦片战争中,被英国的军舰大炮轰垮了,他父亲只好过着穷苦的生活。詹天佑幼小时,就常听到“平英团”、“升平社学”、“佛山团练局”等人民抗英武装斗争的故事,从小就种下了爱国主义思想的种子。 詹天佑十一岁时(1872年),被清政府派遣第一批出洋留学。他在美国学习了近代的科学技术知识,接触了资本主义的“物质文明”,同时也亲眼看到了美国社会存在着的许多不平等现象,尤其 China’s scientific and technological community and the vast majority of the people, with admiration and pride, commemorate the centenary of the birth of Zhan Tianyou, the most outstanding patriotic engineer in our country from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century. He commemorates the completion of his first project, entirely designed by Chinese engineers and technicians , The construction of the railway trunk line - (North) Jing Zhang (Jiakou) Railway, wrote a glorious page in the history of railway construction in our country. In commemoration of his contribution to the development of the railway construction in our country, he made outstanding contributions. He even commemorated him Contempt for the spirit of patriotism of imperialism, self-reliance and self-reliance and steadfast study and combination with workers. April 26, 1861 (Qing Xianfeng March 17, 11) Zhan Tianyou was born in Nanhai County, Guangdong Province. His grandfather had opened a tea shop, was in the Opium War, the British naval artillery was destroyed, his father had a poor life. When Zhan Tianyou was young, he often heard stories of people’s anti-British armed struggles such as Ping Ping Tuan, Sheng Ping She Xue, and Foshan Tuan Lian Ju and other ethnic groups who planted the seeds of patriotism. When Zhan Tianyou was eleven years old (1872), he was sent by the Qing government to study abroad for the first time. He studied modern science and technology in the United States, touched on the “material civilization” of capitalism and witnessed many inequalities in American society, especially