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Since she devoted herself so enthusiastically to the study of ancient architecture, she certainly received rich returns.Lin Huiyin was China's first female professor of architecture, the first female architect, and the only female architect to ascend to the top of the Hall of Prayer for Harvests in the Temple of Heaven. .Liang Sicheng's achievements are unimaginable without Lin Huiyin's dedication.He frankly admitted: "I can't help but thank Huiyin, she supported me with great self-sacrifice." Lin Huiyin is not only her husband's assistant, she has always been on the same platform as Liang Sicheng to discuss and cooperate.A poet believes that Lin Huiyin "is actually the source of his (Liang Sicheng) inspiration". (Bian Zhilin's "Inside and Out of the Window: Recalling Lin Huiyin") Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin often argue endlessly over a point of view, or even a word expression.In the history of modern Chinese architecture, Liang and Lin have always said that there is me in you, and you in me, and they are inseparable.

Ordinary people may only perceive Lin Huiyin's extraordinary talent from her literary works, but in fact, her achievements in the field of architectural research are also very outstanding.It was she who first keenly noticed the handwriting on the beams of Foguang Temple, which provided ironclad evidence for confirming the age of the temple.Passing by Yuci on the train bound for Taiyuan, she just casually glanced at the window and realized that the Yuhua Palace in the distance was extraordinary.Later inspection results confirmed that it was a building built in the early Song Dynasty in 1008 A.D. It is an important example of simple structure in ancient buildings, reflecting the transition of Chinese architectural style from Tang to Song Dynasty, and has a very special place in the history of architecture. status.

Lin Huiyin's literary talent enabled her to turn boring and boring architectural thesis into vivid and full of literary talent. Some chapters can be read as prose.For example, at the beginning of "A Preliminary Survey of Ancient Architecture in Jinfen": Go to summer to take advantage of the summer vacation and make a trip to Jinfen.The Yudao River outside Fenyang City is an excellent place to spend summer on the right side of the mountain; it is located at the foot of Beibiao Mountain, because there is a "horse running spring" in Shentou, since Song Taizong's horse kicked out the sweet spring, it saved the thirsty The three armies, this spring has never stopped flowing.For thousands of years, dozens of mills along the stream provided the driving force until the electric mill established the center of Shanxi flour industry in Pingyao. The mill has also become a summer villa for many foreigners.

Speaking of the summer vacation places for Chinese people, which one is not the world opened by foreigners, such as Beidaihe, Guling, Moganshan... So Yudaohe is no exception.In fact, last year the Yudao River escaped the summer heat, except for a professor who married a British wife and us, all of them were foreigners who preached in the interior of Shanxi.In those short ten days, it made people feel like "there are so few people". Based on the Daohe River in Fenyang, we have made many trips to neighboring counties, and we have stopped in eight counties, namely Taiyuan, Wenshui, Fenyang, Xiaoyi, Jiexiu, Lingshi, Huoxian, Zhaocheng, the distance between Jiexiu and Zhaocheng is more than 300 miles. Because the Tongpu Railway is being built on the mountain, and many sections of the road have been destroyed, most of it is on foot. The taste is particularly strong.There is at least two centuries of difference between living in the wind and rain, and living a rough and simple life for two weeks, compared with ordinary cities.

Liang Sicheng has the stable style, rigorous thinking and down-to-earth spirit necessary for a scholar, but in all fairness, he is obviously inferior to his wife in terms of talent.The manuscript drafted by Liang Sicheng had to be revised and polished by his wife before being published.Many of the shining sentences in his articles are the finishing touches of Lin Huiyin.It is not without exaggeration that colleagues said that after Lin Huiyin passed away, Liang Sicheng never wrote as wonderful and beautiful articles as before. Lin Huiyin discovered with the eyes of a poet that the hard and cold buildings contain "poetic" and "picturesque".She said that in her eyes, "No matter which towering ancient city tower or a corner of the ruined temple foundation, the soul is telling, even singing, the unbelievable changes in time; A good story of a son and a daughter, to a river of bloody killing." So she proposed an architectural concept "architectural meaning" (see "Pingjiao Architectural Miscellaneous"), which infused architectural research with a humanistic color.This belongs to Lin Huiyin's unique and important achievements in architecture.Most of the ancient Chinese sages and the giants of the European Renaissance were able to gallop in the two fields of art and science, and even radiate the brilliance of the two fields at the same time in a certain achievement. Lin Huiyin is adhering to their legacy.