Study On Historic Buildings Of The Peking Union Medical College

The Old Buildings of Peking Union Medical College standing in Dongdan district is one of the best Tradition Revival architectures in modern China. And it still serves well after nearly hundred years. In 2006,it is rated as one of the sixth Major National Historical and Cultural Sites by the State Council. Peking Union Medical College is the Rockefeller Foundation`s first and also the most important project in China. For the first time, it introduces Western medicine into China and raise quite a number of talented persons. It also lay a solid foundation of the Western medicine`s development for New China.Attempting to document the Peking Union Medicine College`s old buildings, the author gathered and arranged the relevant theory materials and investigated the Site. Having a thoroughly understanding about its` history of foundation. Progress and the existing Site while comparing other outstanding Tradition Revival Architectures of the same time, We will have a discussion of its` value and the principles and suggestions about protection.The essay is consist of the following five components:The first component will introduce the social background when the Peking Union Medicine College is founded, basically about the development of the Western Medicine and Christian. At the end of the 19 th century and the early years of 20 th century, the missionizing work got blocked on account of the development of national movement. In order to continue missionizing, the Western Religious Association promote missionary localization strategy combining missionizing with education and health care to gain popular support, which leads to the Tradition Revival. On the second component, the relationship between the Peking Union Medicine College and the Rockefeller Foundation as well as its` history of foundation and development will be trimmed. Then the old buildings of Peking Union Medicine College itself will be concerned, covering from the site`s selecting, general layout, organization of function and space, to the modelling, technology and details of the single building. So we can have a thoroughly comprehension of the Building Soon after, a contrast to the building of Yanjing University and Fu Jen Catholic University will be made so as to better position the old building of Peking Union Medicine College. In the end, it will be evaluated properly in contemporary era. And we will give some suggestive advices for better value inheritance.The old building of Peking Union Medical College is outstanding as architecture in modern time. It also represents the most advanced theory of union medicine college design. Thanks to the participation of old craftsmen who had served the royal, the building is contracted with the highest standard of traditional construction technology. It has historical,cultural,artistic and scientific value and support our research of modern Chinese architectural history greatly. Studying the old building will get folks better known about its` priceless value and of great social significance for protecting historic buildings.