Liang Sicheng Design works
1 min readThe same reverence toward history was reflected by most of Liang’s design works.One example was around 1950 when he and his wife were both appointed to the groups designing the new national emblem.
They urged that the emblem should have Chinese characteristics，not a hammer and sickle.They succeeded and in the end a representation of the facade of the Tian’anmen in red and gold became the emblem that is still used today.
In 1951，they were commissioned to design the Monument to the People’s Heroes，which was to be erected in the center of the Tian’anmen Square.
Liang’s advice that it should resemble the memorial stele universally found throughout China swayed the design group.It is noticeable that although Liang received a totallywestern education in his youth，he and his works were still dominated by a conservative and tradition-oriented spirit，which was probably influenced by his father，and which was-also authentic and sincere for a real Chinese scholar.
