Overview
Lizhuang, China (1940-1946)
Lizhuang is an old town in Sichuan Province. It´s fairly remote, and because of this, in 1940, several central research and educational institutions were relocated there, away from the front line of the war against Japan.
Program Video
I - Attachment to Lizhuang
In 1937, the Japanese launched the full-scale invasion of China. The situation was critical, and many academic research institutions and universities were forced to relocate away from the frontline.
Conflict and Mixing
The people of Lizhuang were more used to traditional operas featuring princes, generals, high-ranking officials, talented scholars and beautiful ladies.
III - A University in the Town of Lizhuang
In 1937, the Japanese launched their full-scale invasion of China. Three years later, in the summer of 1940, a student at Tongji University was killed in a Japanese air raid on the city of Kunming.
IV - From the Yin Ruins to the Lifeng Villa
In 1940, at the time of the war against Japan, the History and Language Institute of Academia Sinica moved to Banli´ao, a village not far from the town of Lizhuang in Sichuan Province.
V - Yueliangtian Village and the "History of Chinese Architecture"
Lizhuang is an ancient town in Sichuan Province. Nearby is the village of Yueliangtie, which is famous today as the place where Liang Sicheng wrote his great work, ´The History of Chinese Architecture´.
