43 Facts About Lin Huiyin

Lin Huiyin was a Chinese architect, writer, and poet.

Lin Huiyin is known to be the first female architect in modern China.

Lin Huiyin's husband was Liang Sicheng, named as the "father of modern Chinese architecture".

Lin Huiyin was born in Hangzhou though her family was from Minhou.

Lin Huiyin was the daughter of Lin Changmin and He Xueyuan.

In 1923, Xu Zhimo, Hu Shi, and others established the Crescent Moon Society in Beijing, where Lin Huiyin often participated in the literary and artistic activities.

Lin Huiyin obtained her degrees both in England and the United States.

Lin Huiyin's poems appeared in publications such as the Beijing Morning Post, Crescent Monthly, Poetry and the Dipper and the newspaper L'impartiale in Tianjin.

Lin Huiyin therefore enrolled at the School of Fine Arts.

In 1927, Lin Huiyin completed the requirements for a Bachelor of Architecture degree.

On February 24,1927, Lin Huiyin was conferred a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

The Bachelor of Architecture diploma posthumously conferred was dated February 1927, the month Lin Huiyin originally graduated from the university.

On September 20,1925, Lin Huiyin's photograph was featured on the front page of the 268th issue of The Eastern Times Photo Supplement, a Shanghai-based newspaper photography supplement.

In 1928, Lin Huiyin accepted the marriage proposal from Liang Sicheng.

Lin Huiyin designed the Fuzhou East Street Art Theater for her uncle Lin Tianmin.

In 1931, Lin Huiyin was employed by the Peking Society for the Study of Chinese Architecture.

Liang Sicheng was often away for field investigations, while Lin Huiyin stayed at Xingguo An, managing daily affairs, taking care of and educating their children, and organizing a large amount of drawings and textual materials.

Meanwhile, Lin Huiyin participated in the design of the National emblem and the Monument to the People's Heroes.

Lin Huiyin designed the floral wreath patterns at the base of the Monument to the People's Heroes.

Lin Huiyin took part in the standardization of Beijing city planning.

In 1950, Lin Huiyin was specially invited to attend the second session of the first National Political Consultative Conference and was appointed as a member of the Beijing City Planning Committee and an engineer.

Lin Huiyin proposed the idea of building a "City Wall Park".

In 1951, at the age of 47, in order to save the traditional craft of cloisonne, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, Lin Huiyin, despite being ill, worked with Gao Zhuang, Mo Zongjiang, Chang Shana, Qian Meihua, and Sun Junlian to conduct research in factories and designed a series of novel patterns with national characteristics for the "Asia and Pacific Rim Peace Conference" and the "Soviet Cultural Delegation".

Subsequently, Lin Huiyin's health deteriorated sharply, and she eventually refused medical treatment.

In October 1953, Lin Huiyin was elected as a member of the first council of the Architectural Society of China, a member of the China Architecture Research Committee, and an editorial board member of the Architectural Journal.

The funeral committee for Lin Huiyin consisted of 13 people, including Zhang Xiruo, Zhou Peiyuan, Qian Duan Sheng, Qian Weichang, and Jin Yuelin.

Lin Huiyin's essays are full of delicate feelings and are combined with the musical sense in the Chinese poetic tradition.

Lin Huiyin skillfully integrated the aesthetics of Tang poetry into the language and syntax of modernism and used the traditional literary practice of episodic narration to combat the gender determinants of these idioms.

In England, Lin Huiyin met Xu Zhimo in England, who guided her to the road of literature.

Therefore, Lin Huiyin set her foot on the road of literature.

Xu Zhimo encouraged Lin Huiyin to write literature, especially poetry.

Lin Huiyin was more famous because she became the leading lady in Tagore's drama Chitra.

Lin Huiyin devoted all her efforts and knowledge to this design.

In 1950, Lin Huiyin was appointed as a member of the Beijing Urban Planning Committee and engineer.

In May 1952, Lin Huiyin, who participated in the design work, was appointed as a member of the People's Heroes Monument Construction Committee.

Lin Huiyin undertook the organizational work of the design team and personally designed a complete set of decorative patterns for the base and body of the monument, especially a series of wreath reliefs on the small Xumi stele base.

In terms of design style, Lin Huiyin advocated using the Tang Dynasty style, which can best represent the characteristics of Chinese traditional culture, as the blueprint.

The main architectural layout of the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery was designed by the famous Chinese architect Lin Huiyin, divided into two parts: the tomb area and the columbarium.

The tomb of Lin Huiyin was designed by Liang Sicheng, adorned with a white marble wreath, and features the patterns from the Monument to the People's Heroes in Tiananmen Square, which was designed by Lin Huiyin herself.

Lin Huiyin was an outstanding figure in the history of modern Chinese culture and the first female architect in China.

Lin Huiyin's writings are unique, full of poetry without losing scientific rigor; her essays are full of spirituality, and her poetry is widely popular.

Lin Huiyin was committed throughout her life to the pursuit of beauty, had a profound analysis of the aesthetic theory system, and made outstanding achievements in the field of arts and crafts through innovation and creation.

The documentary is titled Liang Sicheng Lin Huiyin and was directed by Hu Jingcao.