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Lü Yanzhi
Lü Yanzhi (; 1894–1929) was a Chinese people, Chinese architect. He won the competitions to design both the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing and the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (Guangzhou), Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Guangzhou. Lü died the year that the memorial hall began construction in 1929; it was eventually completed in 1931. Background Lü spent part of his childhood in Paris. He earned a degree in architecture from Cornell University, in the United States, in 1918 and then worked for Henry Murphy (architect)#Murphy & Dana Architects, Murphy & Dana until 1921,Rowe and Kuan, p. 69. when he went into independent practice in Shanghai. Among projects he worked on with the firm are Ginling College in Nanjing and Yenching University in Beijing. Career Lü's firm, whose name translates as "C. Lü Architect", was the first Chinese-owned architectural firm. In 1924, with Fan Wenzhou, he co-founded the first Chinese architectural association. Considered one of the most gifted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lü (surname)
Lü () is the pinyin (Lǚ with the tone diacritic) and Wade–Giles romanisation of the Chinese surname written in simplified character and in traditional character. It is the 47th most common surname in China, shared by 5.6 million people, or 0.47% of the Chinese population as of 2002. It is especially common in Shandong and Henan provinces. The surname originated from the ancient State of Lü. Lü Shang ( fl. 11th century BC), the founder of the State of Qi, was the first person known to have the surname. It is 22nd on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'', contained in the verse 何呂施張 (He Lü Shi Zhang). Romanization Lü is the standard pinyin spelling of the Chinese character 吕/呂. However, when input of the umlaut is not possible, the surname is commonly romanized as Lu or Lv (v being the pinyin input shorthand for ü). On 31 October 2011, the National Standardization Committee of China issued ''The Chinese phonetic alphabet spelling rules for Chinese names'', whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
