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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

By Ning Jing<br />

look afar<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Beijing, Apr. 6th (2006): There is a beautiful tower at <strong>Peking</strong><br />

<strong>University</strong>, named Boya. People always have lots <strong>of</strong> doubts about it as there are so<br />

many mysterious codes behind it.<br />

The first question always comes to the name ‗Boya‘. As in Chinese, the characters<br />

‗Boya‘ mean respectively ―pr<strong>of</strong>ound‖ and ―elegant‖. As for this reason, many people<br />

have a misunderstanding to think that the name ‗Boya‘ came from a moral in the<br />

culture <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> or <strong>of</strong> China, but that‘s not true. ‗Boya‘ just came from the<br />

name <strong>of</strong> an American, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Lucius Porter <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, for memorializing the<br />

donor <strong>of</strong> the tower, James W. Porter who was the uncle <strong>of</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>. Lucius Porter.<br />

Mindful people will find another doubt about Boya Tower, the figure. Boya Tower was<br />

built in 1924 but very different with other towers at that time. As known to all, most<br />

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