A woman of her time, a leader of the ages
Recognition came too late, but it has changed perceptions of an architect who left an indelible mark on China, Hou Chenchen and Zhu Xingxin report in Taiyuan.
One reason Yu had brought the prized document was to deliver it to the Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin Academic Document Exhibition in Foguang Temple, Wutai county, Xinzhou, and to the Changjiang Art Museum in Taiyuan, both in Shanxi province. The temple played a key role in Lin's studies, as it was the subject of a well-known architectural survey she undertook with her husband Liang Sicheng (1901-1972). Also on display in both exhibitions is a manuscript of hers dated June 29, 1937, that details the work.
As Lin and Liang surveyed the wooden temple in 1937, her keen eye picked out faint inscriptions beneath the main beam, providing crucial evidence of the building's age, her son Liang Congjie wrote in his article, Reminiscing About My Mother Lin Huiyin, in 1987.
