Architect. She is known to be the first female architect in modern China. Along with her husband, they began restoration work on cultural heritage sites of China. She studied art at University of Pennsylvania as an undergraduate, where she also worked as a part-time assistant in the architectural department. She later enrolled in stage design programs in Yale University as a graduate student. She helped to establish the Architectural Department in Northeastern University in Shenyang, where she then taught architecture briefly. In 1937, she discovered the main hall of Foguang Temple near Doucun, Shanxi, which was the only remaining Tang dynasty timber structure known at the time. She also helped design China's national flag, as well as the Tiananmen Square Monument to the People's Heroes.
Architect. She is known to be the first female architect in modern China. Along with her husband, they began restoration work on cultural heritage sites of China. She studied art at University of Pennsylvania as an undergraduate, where she also worked as a part-time assistant in the architectural department. She later enrolled in stage design programs in Yale University as a graduate student. She helped to establish the Architectural Department in Northeastern University in Shenyang, where she then taught architecture briefly. In 1937, she discovered the main hall of Foguang Temple near Doucun, Shanxi, which was the only remaining Tang dynasty timber structure known at the time. She also helped design China's national flag, as well as the Tiananmen Square Monument to the People's Heroes.
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