Introduction to the construction of Wu Jianxiong Cemetery in Taicang (specific points), and an introduction to the crape myrtle tree (specific points)

When I was in Taicang, I went there once on the weekend. At Mingde School, the guard refused to let me in at first, but then I let him in after I got close to him.

Cemetery:

Wu Jianxiong Cemetery was designed by the Architectural Design Institute of Southeast University and approved by the world's architectural design master Mr. I.M. Pei. It was built at the end of May 1998. The cemetery covers an area of ??1,372 square meters, and the entire cemetery is surrounded by lawns, trees and flowers.

The cemetery consists of three parts. The west part of the cemetery is the main part of the cemetery. The main body is round, and the tomb is placed in a 9-meter-diameter pool. The outside of the tomb is in the shape of a beveled cylinder. On the inclined surface of the cylinder is engraved an epitaph inscribed by Mr. Jiang Caijian, the author of "Wu Jianxiong". The epitaph The inscription is divided into Chinese and English. The inscription reads: "Here is buried the world's most outstanding female physicist - Wu Jianxiong; her long and profound scientific work in her life demonstrated her deep thinking and true knowledge and insights; her willpower and understanding of the world. Her devotion to work reminds people of Marie Curie; her worldliness, elegance and intelligence reflect her sincere love and perseverance; she is an outstanding citizen of the world and an eternal Chinese. "There are two stones in front of the epitaph. Each ball weighs more than 300 kilograms. When the power is turned on, the stone balls will slowly rotate in the forward and reverse directions with the water flow. Water columns of different heights will be sprayed out from the top of the ball. They symbolize Professor Wu Jianxiong’s The Washington Cryogenic Laboratory in the United States used cobalt 60-β decay experiments to verify the experimental principle model of Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengdao's "law of non-conservation of parity". The design concept of this experimental principle model was proposed by Professor Li Zhengdao, who personally wrote an inscription explaining the shape of the cemetery. The inscription reads: "According to the law of conservation of parity, the evolution of any two completely symmetrical systems should be It is always symmetrical. This seemingly very reasonable law was overturned by Professor Wu's cobalt nucleon decay experiment in January 1957. The two stone balls in this building symbolize two symmetrical cobalt nucleons, and the electrons produced by their decay. The distribution is represented by water flows, which are asymmetrical. This is to commemorate Wu Jianxiong’s epoch-making scientific contribution.”

In the middle of the cemetery is a circular viewing platform with a circular flower bed and a tomb on the east side of the platform. Facing the flower bed, it symbolizes that Professor Wu will always live among Mingde students, the flowers of the motherland.

To the east of the cemetery is a circular screen wall, which consists of eight stacks of low and high screens, symbolizing Professor Wu Jianxiong's footsteps in climbing to the peak of science. The height of the eight-fold screen wall differs by 50 centimeters, which symbolizes that Professor Wu Jianxiong died at the age of 85. On the screen wall, there are five large stone-green characters "Wu Jianxiong Cemetery" inscribed by Professor Yang Zhenning himself. Six giant white marble reliefs are embedded on the wall. These six lifelike pictures record the main activities of Wu Jianxiong's life.

On the east side of the cemetery is the Wu Jianxiong Science and Technology Building, which is integrated with the cemetery and complements each other.

Lagerstroemia tree:

This century-old crape myrtle tree was planted by Mr. Wu Jianxiong’s father, Mr. Wu Zhongyi, when he founded the “Mingde Women’s Vocational School”. Next to Jianxiong Cemetery. It’s hard to say anything else about this tree. In short, this tree is of extraordinary significance to Wu Jianxiong (Wu Jianxiong’s nickname is Ziwei). Under this tree, she left many memories of her youth and China. , it can also be said that this crape myrtle tree is a symbol of Wu Jianxiong’s spirit, which is one of the reasons why Wu Jianxiong’s cemetery is located under this crape myrtle tree.

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