| An exhibition was open Sunday to commemorate
the 100th anniversary of the birth of Liang Sicheng, an outspoken
Chinese architect who strongly lobbied for the protection of the old
walls of Beijing.
The exhibition, which is scheduled to last through April 13, is
sponsored by the Architecture Institute of Qinghua University, the
magazine of "World Architecture", and the Zeng Li Designing
Office.
Seventy-two exhibits have been collected from 22 universities and
architectural institutes across the country.
Liang Sicheng is the son of Liang Qichao, a well-known Chinese
thinker in the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), and returned from
the United States after studying there.
Liang is the author of China's first History on Chinese Architecture
and founder of the Architecture Department of Qinghua University.
He died in Beijing in 1972.
(People's Daily 04/09)
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