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Liang Sicheng built those famous buildings.

Liang Sicheng's main works include the auditorium and teaching building of Jilin University, the facade of Ren Li Company, the girls' dormitory in Peking University, the Monument to the People's Heroes, and the Jian Zhen Monk Memorial Hall.

Liang Sicheng has made pioneering and immortal contributions in architectural education and urban planning all his life, the most prominent of which is the protection and investigation of ancient architectural cultural relics. During his ten years in China Construction Society, he used modern science and technology, combined with historical documents and interviews with old craftsmen, to survey, map and draw many valuable ancient buildings in China. He has written monographs such as Examples of Qing Architecture, Architectural History of China and Sculpture History of China, as well as investigation reports and academic papers such as Guanyin Pavilion and Shanmen Examination of Dule Temple in Jixian County, Investigation Report of Zhengding Ancient Buildings and Bukoji Architecture of Wutai Mountain, which have laid a solid foundation for the research and protection of Chinese architecture.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Liang Sicheng advocated making the past serve the present and making foreign things serve China in architectural creation theory, and emphasized that new buildings should inherit traditional forms. In 1950s, Liang Sicheng was criticized many times for advocating new buildings to operate traditional forms such as big roofs and protect the ancient city of Beijing. These theoretical viewpoints of Liang Sicheng actually represent the thoughts of most architects at that time and the hopes of the government, and still have a great influence on the architectural circles in China today.