The world's top architect, I.M. Pei's design works all over the world: the majestic Kennedy Library, the wonderland Of Japan's Meixiu Art Museum, the beautiful Suzhou Museum, the dazzling Louvre Glass Pyramid and so on.
Each work has poured countless blood and sweat into him, and each work can be called an artistic treasure. However, what he is most proud of is not these.
Pei once said that the proudest thing in his life was to marry Lu Ailing.
Pei was born in 1917 with a golden key.
The Bei family is a famous family in Suzhou, and the lion forest, one of the four famous gardens in Suzhou, is their family's property. It can be imagined how magnificent the Bei family was at that time.
He has loved architecture since he was a child and likes to watch others build houses. After graduating from high school at the age of 18, he went to the United States to study architecture at the University of Pennsylvania.
In 1938, during a school holiday, he drove to the train station to pick up a friend, and saw a beautiful and elegant girl walking out of the train station with her friend.
Watching the girl walk slowly, Pei suddenly had a feeling of heartbeat.
The girl's name is Lu Ailing, and like I.M. Pei, she is also from a prestigious family and has a good education. This time I came to the United States to study, and the three sisters who wanted to go to Soong Ching Ling had studied at Wesleyan College.
Through a friend's introduction, Pei and Lu Ailing met. Knowing that she was about to report to school, Pei offered to drive her.
Lu Ailing said that she had bought a train ticket and was about to leave, and politely declined I.M. Pei. Pei wanted to take this opportunity to pursue her, but was very frustrated after being rejected.
If Lu Ailing really took the train and left, there would probably be no future things.
But the marriage between the two is predestined, and even God creates opportunities for them.
Lu Ailing did not leave by train, and the train she was on was delayed due to weather conditions.
Pei was overjoyed to learn of this news, and could not wait to board the train where Lu Ailing was riding, looking for it one car after another, and finally found the girl who made him feel excited.
Lu Ailing already had a good feeling for the gentle and elegant I.M. Pei, and the moment they met again, the seeds of love had already sprouted quietly in their hearts.
After the two became lovers, Pei, because he did not like the old teaching method of Pennsylvania College, transferred to the engineering department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which was closer to Lu Ailing.
In 1942, at Lu Ailing's graduation ceremony, Pei formally proposed to her. Five days later, the two talented women held a grand wedding and entered the palace of marriage.
Lu Ailing is an idealistic and ambitious person, who entered Harvard after marriage to continue her studies.
Under her influence, Pei, who was already teaching at MIT, also entered Harvard University to pursue a master's degree.
Lu Ailing and I.M. Pei soon gave birth to a son after marriage, for the sake of the children, for the sake of the family, in order to support her husband's career, Lu Ailing gave up her studies and returned to the family.
After graduating from Harvard, Pei stayed on to teach as an assistant professor.
He believes that light is the most important in architectural design, and makes extensive use of light in design. This bold approach to design was very successful and was recognized by people, receiving numerous accolades and applause.
There are always some people who don't see others as good, and Pei's success has caused some of his peers to be jealous.
In 1943, at the annual meeting of the Architectural Society in New York, Pei's designs were criticized by his peers for being useless and completely denied.
Pei didn't bother to argue with those people, but his heart was always depressed and he lost confidence in his own design.
Pei can bear it, Lu Ailing can't stand it, she doesn't want her husband to be wronged. After knowing the situation, he picked up the child and went to the professor's house, and after some reasoning, he successfully saved his husband's reputation and saved his self-confidence.
As a professor in the school, he could only talk on paper every day, and Pei was not satisfied with such a life, and soon after he resigned from the school and entered the architectural design industry, leaving countless amazing masterpieces around the world.
In 1963, U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
His wife, Jacqueline, wanted people to remember the great president and decided to build a library in his name.
Kennedy had a huge influence, the library was hugely engineered, and if it was successfully designed, it would be a masterpiece of history.
Pei naturally did not want to miss this opportunity and wanted to undertake this project.
There are many people who want to undertake this project, and the competition is very fierce. In order to make Jacqueline have a good impression and let her husband successfully take over the project, Lu Ailing made full preparations.
She painted her husband's small, broken office, took out all the architectural models that represented all of her husband's achievements, and prepared Jacqueline's favorite flowers.
Their sincerity finally impressed Jacqueline and successfully took over the project.
Pei spent more than 10 years to make a design plan, but he could not find a suitable construction site and did not get the support of the government.
In order to help her husband, Lu Ailing ran around, looking for a suitable address, and even the children could not take care of it. To gain government support, she also designed office buildings for Congress for free.
Thanks to her efforts, the address of the library was finally determined and construction began.
After 16 years, the Kennedy Library was finally built.
This unique library is considered a masterpiece in the history of American architecture, and Pei became famous in one fell swoop.
There are many similar things, as long as Pei encounters trouble, his wife will stand up for him, solve his problems, block all the wind and rain for him, and let him do his own thing with peace of mind.
Mr. and Mrs. Pei have a strong sense of patriotism, which can be seen in the names of their children.
They have 3 sons and 1 daughter. The three sons were named Dingzhong, Jianzhong, and Lizhong respectively.
Mr. and Mrs. Pei expressed their blessings for the motherland and their longing for the motherland through their son's name.
After pei and his wife finished their studies, they wanted to return to China and use their talents to serve the country. It was just that the domestic situation was turbulent and had not been able to achieve its wishes, and in desperation, the family became a U.S. citizen.
After the establishment of diplomatic relations, the American Institute of Architects was invited to visit China.
Lu Ailing ran around and finally let her husband's name appear in the first batch of lists.
In 1974, Mr. and Mrs. Pei finally set foot on the homeland after many years of absence, and finally could do something for the motherland and contribute to the construction of the motherland.
Pei's achievements in architecture have attracted the attention of the world, and the couple's strong patriotic feelings are admired, and the love of the gods and goddesses is envied.
Lu Ailing is her husband's inseparable lover, but also his strong backing, which has achieved his artistic life and given him a warm home.
Pei married the best woman in the world, and Lu Ailing was the greatest pride of his life.