Some people say: "Architecture is the art of solidification", of which ancient buildings are more precious, they are not only shocking works of art, but also witnesses of history, due to their age, they are also part of the cultural relics, and there is such a principle in the nature of cultural relics
"Once destroyed, never reborn." ”
Since ancient times, cultural relics have been treated like treasures, for fear of bumping and bumping, damaging a corner and a piece of skin, but architectural cultural relics have been treated unfairly.
In 1953, Beijing began to brew the demolition of the building sign, followed by the demolition of the wall, and even invited foreign painters to direct the demolition work, hearing the news, Lin Hui, who was lying in bed at the time, got up from the hospital bed because of the weak body, came to the Beijing government building, and quarreled with Wu Han.
As a result, Lin Hui no longer had the demeanor of a lady at that time, and burst out with amazing strength, shouting loudly:
"Absolutely not dismantled."
Wu Han was silent, because this was the result of many people's discussion, not a one-man decision, Lin Huiyin saw this situation and knew that at this time, there was no room for redemption, and said bitterly:
"Fifty years from now you will regret it, and it will be a fake antique when the time comes!"
Many people heard this sentence at that time, and many years later, they did not expect that Lin Huiyin was completely hit by her because of his words.
In 1949, the founding of New China, the five-star red flag was raised in front of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, and this was the period of building New China, not only people had to get rid of the old feudalism and embrace new ideas, but also the urban buildings should advocate new construction.
And so it started a story
"Demolition or non-demolition of the ancient city wall of Beijing"
On the one hand, the problem is that Guo Moruo advocates dismantling the group, and on the other hand, Lin Huiyin Liang Sicheng advocates not demolishing the group.
Guo Moruo is familiar to everyone, he is a poet, but also a paleographer, he also has a identity, that is, archaeologists, he and Lu Xun have some similar experiences, both abandoned medicine and literature, there are his famous works in the textbooks of the eighth grade of primary school
Ode to Thunder.
As an archaeologist, his vision is very poisonous, he has been exposed to many cultural relics in his life, and he can almost distinguish the authenticity of cultural relics at a glance, as well as calculate the year of cultural relics. However, in the history of archaeology, he has also been criticized, when he advocated the excavation of the Ming Dynasty Imperial Tomb Dingling Tomb, due to the immature technology at that time, resulting in many cultural relics being oxidized as soon as they were unearthed, resulting in the destruction of a large number of cultural relics.
Although Guo Moruo has studied cultural relics, he still supports the demolition of Beijing's ancient city walls. Because many of Beijing's ancient city walls have been bombarded by artillery fire, they have long been torn and damaged by the rain of bullets and bullets.
As the capital of new China, Beijing should have the appearance of the capital, and there is no need to retain this dilapidated appearance, moreover, the role of these walls in ancient China was built to play a role
Military defensive role
But now in the face of new weapons, these ancient walls are completely useless.
They stand in the city of Beijing, not only broken, but also need a lot of cost to repair, not cost-effective, moreover, these ancient walls also hinder traffic, occupy space, occupy the position, so they think that there is no need to stay.
On the other hand, it is represented by Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng
"The Lord's Retainer",
The couple has been engaged in the research of ancient architecture, Lin Huiyin was the architectural talent of the time, Liang Sicheng enjoyed the reputation of the father of modern architecture, they are obsessed with ingenious ancient architecture.
In 1937, Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng embarked on a journey to find and map to photograph the mystery of the case
Traveled to more than 200 cities in 15 provinces in China
Photographed and surveyed more than 2,000 architectural relics left over from the Tang, Song, Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, some of which are still standing, some of which are in danger, and it is precisely because they know enough about ancient buildings that they know how precious ancient buildings are.
When asked how to build a new China, and about the preservation of ancient buildings, Liang Sicheng made a plan for the new Beijing in early 1950
"Proposal on the Location of the Administrative Center of the Central People's Government",
As a master architect, his plan is very detailed and comprehensive, not only protecting ancient buildings, achieving the purpose of facilitating people's lives and building a new China, he has written many times, but unfortunately it has not been adopted.
Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng also treat this problem with one heart, and have not advocated demolition, and even strongly advised, but to no avail, the government still decided to demolish, in order to save the ancient capital of the Four Dynasties, Lin Huiyin and Wu Han had a fierce quarrel, but still failed to save these architectural relics. From then on, her lung disease became more serious, and she could not afford to be sick until 1955, when she refused to take medicine and died of illness at the age of 51.
After that, not only the ancient city wall in Beijing was demolished, but construction began to be carried out all over the country, and many ancient buildings were destroyed at one time. More than 50 years later, people began to realize the importance of ancient buildings and rebuilt them, but once the cultural relics were destroyed, they would never be revived, even if their appearance was restored, it was not the original city wall.