Lin Huiyin

Not to be confused with Lin Huiying.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Lin.
Lin Huayan
Phyllis Whei Yin Lin
Born(1904-06-10)10 June 1904
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Qing dynasty, China
Died1 April 1955(1955-04-01) (aged 50)
Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Resting placeBabaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
Alma mater
Occupation(s)architect, poet
Spouse(s)Liang Sicheng, m. 21 March 1928, wid. 1 April 1955
ChildrenLiang Congjie
Liang Zaibing
RelativesLiang Qichao (father-in-law)

Lin Huiyin (Chinese: 林徽因, born 林徽音; pinyin: Lín Huīyīn; known as Phyllis Whei Yin Lin[1] when in the United States; 10 June 1904 – 1 April 1955) was a Chinese architect, writer, and poet. She is known to be the first female architect in modern China.[2] Her husband is the famed "Father of Modern Chinese Architecture" Liang Sicheng.[2]

In the ninth year of the Republic of China (1920), Lin Huiyin traveled to Europe with her father Lin Changmin. In the twelfth year of the Republic of China (1923), she participated in the activities of the Crescent Moon Society. In the thirteenth year of the Republic of China (1924), she studied in the United States at the University of Pennsylvania School of Fine Arts, taking courses in the Department of Architecture and earning a Bachelor of Arts degree (to be posthumously awarded a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 2024). Later, she studied at the Yale University School of Drama in the Department of Stage Art. Department of Northeastern University in 1928, together with Liang Sicheng，she annotated and reviewed the "Great Tang Records on the Western Regions" from the collection of the Chinese Architecture Society (hundreds of Tang Dynasty buildings and place names), discovering the Tang Dynasty architecture – the Foguang Temple on Mount Wutai. After the liberation, Lin Huiyin made contributions to the design of the emblem of the People's Republic of China, the design of the Monument to the People's Heroes, and the innovation of cloisonné craftsmanship, and authored "Poetry Collection of Lin Huiyin" [3] and "Essays of Lin Huiyin".[4][5]

After 1949, as professors in Tsinghua University in Beijing, Liang and Lin began restoration work on cultural heritage sites of China in the post-imperial Republican Era of China, a passion which she would pursue to the end of her life. The American artist Maya Lin is her niece.[6]

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  2. ^ a b "清华大学建筑学院的创办者——梁思成与林徽因-清华校友总会" [The founders of Tsinghua University School of Architecture—Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin]. www.tsinghua.org.cn. Tsinghua University Alumni Association. 2007-11-01. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  3. ^ YIN, LIANG CONG JIE BIAN LIN HUI (2022-08-01). Collection of Lin Huiyin (in Chinese). Encyclopedia of China Publishing House. ISBN 978-7-5202-1170-3.
  4. ^ Huiyin, Lin (2010-08-01). Essay Collection of Lin Huiyin (in Chinese). The Contemporary World Press. ISBN 978-7-5090-0627-6.
  5. ^ "Lin Huiyin". Architectuul. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  6. ^ Peter G. Rowe, Seng Kuan, Architectural Encounters With Essence and Form in Modern China, MIT Press, 2002, p.219, ISBN 0-262-68151-X