We all know that Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin are famous Chinese architects, during World War II, the Japanese air raid on China, burned down a lot of buildings, in order to protect the historical buildings will not be extinct, they visited a number of cities and monuments, and depicted many ancient buildings. In their time, there was no computer drawing, no CAD, and the couple drew nearly a hundred ancient temple ruins with one pair of hands, preserving precious architectural materials for the mainland.
Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin, who have always loved ancient buildings, must maintain an attitude of cherishing the monuments, and the thousand-year-old temple will be destroyed, but it will cause great regrets. Unfortunately, the ancient city wall in Beijing was forced to be demolished, and the question of whether to demolish it at that time also triggered a heated discussion between Liang Sicheng and His wife and Guo Moruo.
In 1949, the founding of New China was raised in front of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, and the national flag belonging to China was raised. At that time, the country was just born, many needed to transform a new look, and Beijing is a thousand-year-old capital, countless historical sites, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Yuanmingyuan, and the various historical sites and walls, how to transform, has become a headache for architects. At that time, there were two voices of different opinions.
One is represented by Guo Moruo, who advocates that new China must develop newly, have a new atmosphere, and must demolish the old walls. There is also a kind of enthusiast of ancient architecture, Liang Sicheng Lin Huiyin and his wife, they must protect the monuments, protect the antiques, that is the treasure given by history to mankind. At that time, the old city wall of Beijing, which had experienced guns and shells, had long been in tatters and had long since lost its role as a defender against the enemy. And with the high-tech, the generation of various cars, the ancient city wall placed there still occupies space, occupies the position, may also cause inconvenience to traffic. And the dilapidated walls are placed there, which is still very unsightly.
Many people think that Guo Moruo's suggestion is very correct, if the city wall is demolished, it will bring a lot of convenience to the new life of the people of New China, but there are still some supporters of Liang Sicheng's "retention faction", as a cultural relic, once demolished, we will lose the relics of a hundred years of history, and destroy the old antiques of great value. History can never be repaired again.
At that time, Liang Si became a monument protector, and even wrote an architectural proposal, which stated his architectural plan to integrate monuments and new buildings, and he promised to create a cultural city that blended the old and the new, preserving the long history of ancient architecture and expressing modern fashion. He painstakingly created a blueprint for Beijing to build the world's greatest ancient capital, just to protect the ruins.
But to no avail, the government decided to tear down the walls. In 1952, the mayor of Beijing ordered the demolition of the city walls around Tiananmen Square. He even invited foreign experts to be the commander-in-chief. At that time, Lin Hui was already suffering from lung disease and was very weak, but she still dragged her sick body to the Beijing government building and quarreled with Wu Han, the deputy mayor at the time.
She fiercely opposed the demolition, "This wall must not be demolished!" Wu Han also had no way, he was silent, the matter was over, Lin Huiyin's eyes were full of tears, she said bitterly, "Fifty years later, you will definitely regret it!" When the time comes, it will be fake antiques! After that, Lin Huiyin's illness became more and more serious, in 1955, Lin Huiyin died, the walls of Beijing were also demolished little by little, zhonghua gate, Yongding gate, Guang'an gate, all major monuments have been destroyed almost, hundreds of years of historical relics, just like this with the dust dissipated, fortunately at that time the city was not completely demolished, there is still a little.
In 2004, Lin Huiyin's words came true, people finally realized the importance of protecting the ancient city wall, the city tower of Yongdingmen began to be restored, Beijing began to restore the historical sites in this vast way, the large and small city walls began to be rebuilt, and there were many tourist attractions. The government has spent a lot of money to restore the ruins, and more than 100 million yuan have been funded.
Therefore, it is cool to tear down the wall, repair the wall crematorium, and hope to maintain a sense of awe in the face of thick history. No matter how far into the future can not afford to destroy thousands of years of historical relics. Or Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin had a prescient view of architecture. It is still necessary for insiders to see the line, and it is better for outsiders not to insist on going their own way.