1、,Legendary female,She was hailed as a gifted female scholar of her time. She possessed the eyes of an architect and the soul of a poet. Throughout her life, she was poetic and rational,You are the tender month of april 你是人間四月天,林徽因,ShewasborninHangzhouthoughherfamilyhadrootsinMinzhou,Fujianprovince.I

2、n 1916,their family moved to Beijing because her father would work in Beiyang Government.,Her sisters said they admired her beauty and the way she dressed up.Maybe many women envy the delicacy of her features.,This is the picture which is found most easily on the Internet,perhaps because the angelic

3、 smile made her more beautiful.She was among Both “four beauties in Beijing”.,Born to a rich family,she received the best education that a woman could get at that time.,In 1920,16-year-old Lin Huiyin traveled with her father around Europe Influenced by their landlord in Britain,a woman architect,she

4、 made up her mind to work on that.SheattendedStMa-rysCollegeinLondon,shehadbeenadoredbythewellknownChinesepoetXuZhimowho wasconsidered asthemostfamousromanticstoryin20thcenturyofChina.,In June 1924,Lin and Liang Sicheng went to America to study architecture.They studied in at Pennsylvania University

5、 for Bachelors degree.Later,Lin studied stage design at Yale University . In 1928, they got married in Canada,On returning to China, Lin Huiyin started teaching architecture at Northeast University . Accompanying her husband to thousands of ancient Chinese architectural sites, most of which were in

6、remote areas, she devoted her life to research into Chinas architectural history. From 1930 to 1945,they worked on more than 200 ancient buildings inChina.Thanks to their efforts,some sitesvalue was recognized in China and in the world,which helped a lot in our heritage protection.,After Beijing was

7、 liberated, Tsinghua University engaged her as an architectur proffesor She accomlished her teaching and reserch work excellently.,For that duration, she co-wrote many significant essays with her husband ,like the Development Stages of Chinese Architecture and City Design Outline.,Besides,she also c

8、ontributed to the design for Chinas National Emblem fromSEPE from1949 to June 1950 .Then she took part in the design of Hero of the Peoples Monument in Beijings Tiananmen Square in 1951.In the same year,she took part in the interior design of Zhongnanhai.,Lin Huiyins interests were very extensive an

9、d in addition to her work on architecture, she also wrote poems, essays, short stories and plays as well as translating works from English. She was well known in literary circles as hostess of one of the countrys most famous literary salons in her home in Beijings Zhongbu Hutong.,You are the tender

10、month of april,我說你是人間的四月天， I say, you are the tender month of april 笑音點(diǎn)亮了四面風(fēng)；輕靈 your laughters dance in Aeoluss call 在春的光滟中交舞著變。 and swiftly change your steps in ripples of spring. 你是四月早天里的云煙， you are, leisurely clouds in the sky, roming,黃昏吹著風(fēng)的軟，星子在 in murmurs of dusky air, and stars sparkle 無意中閃，細(xì)雨

11、點(diǎn)灑在花前。 casually, when misty rain falls, upon flowers. 那輕，那娉婷，你是，鮮妍 so softly, so gently, and you, in these fairy hours,初放芽的綠，你是；柔嫩喜悅 shooting and proud, you are. Supple rejoice of seeing 水光浮動(dòng)著你夢(mèng)中期待的白蓮。 the lotus flower upon the expanse of water shimmering.,你是一樹一樹的花開，是燕 You are blooming buds of trees

12、, or a swift swallow 在梁間呢喃，-你是愛，是暖 whispering at my window, you are love, and mellow. 是詩的一篇，你是人間的四月天 a chapter of poetry, and tender april of mondialito.,As is known to us all,she and her husband tried hard to protect many of the old buildings in Beijing when the municipal government was leveling many parts of the city for new construction.They were criticised many times,but never gave up.,In 1954,she was