Lingnan School of Architecture was gradually formed after the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949. People call this architectural school with Lingnan local characteristics "Guangpai" or "Lingnan School". This paper summarizes the famous architectural critic and professor Tsinghua University Zeng He Ai's incisive exposition on the emergence, development, characteristics and styles of Lingnan architectural schools. Professor Zeng first defined the new architectural style of China as "Beijing School", "Shanghai School" and "Guangzhou School" (referred to as "Lingnan School" for short), and concluded that the architectural style of "Lingnan School" is characterized by freedom, naturalness and plane layout in line with human activities. Lively, cheerful and diverse appearance and figure; Organic combination with landscape and urban or regional environment. 1989, architectural critic Ai pointed out in his paper "Similar Road-Forty Years of Lingnan Architecture School": "Lingnan Architecture School refers to the mainstream of modern architecture with Guangzhou as the center, mainly distributed in the Pearl River Delta, Guilin, Nanning, Shantou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Zhanjiang, Haikou and other places, and refers to the development of new architectural styles since the middle of19th century. He also pointed out: "Lingnan Architecture School is synchronized with Lingnan music and painting, and echoes the political innovation movements of Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and Sun Yat-sen ... The modern lifestyle, physical geography and socio-economic conditions of the people of Guangdong and Guangxi are the basis for its emergence. Its development has gone through the following processes. The first is the import of foreign buildings brought by foreigners. Then there is the combination of native land and foreign land, the combination of Chinese and western architecture (there are also a large number of gardens and gardens). Then Chinese and foreign architects consciously integrated Chinese and western architecture (including Guangzhou Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, former Sun Yat-sen University, Lingnan University, etc.). , which emphasizes the national form, but also emphasizes the western form and a large number of). The last 40 years have witnessed the initial maturity of the integration of China and the West, making the past serve the present. "

The mainstream of Lingnan architecture and its achievements;

(1) Change is better than imitation, and now it is better than the past. Professor Xia Changshi of South China University of Technology (South China University of Technology), the pioneer of modern Lingnan architecture, designed the Guangzhou Cultural Park Water Museum, Sun Yat-sen Medical College, South China University of Technology and other buildings with modern architectural style, which set an example in the whole country. His work "Medical Teaching Complex Building of Sun Yat-sen Medical College" also won the Excellent Architectural Creation Award of China Architectural Society. (2) Pursuing artistic conception, striving for spiritual likeness. In every artistic creation, Cantonese people deliberately pursue Lingnan characteristics, and so does architectural creation. They pursue artistic conception and put their thoughts in the first place, which embodies the emotional appeal and charm of Lingnan in China. For example, the poems of Baiyun Mountain Villa and the "Hometown Water" of White Swan Hotel can arouse the feeling of homesickness overseas.

(3) Integration because of the environment. Lingnan architecture attaches importance to site selection, integrates with the environment and inherits the essence of traditional architecture. Hotel buildings such as baiyun hotel, Shuangxi Villa and White Swan are among the best.

(4) Group layout, combined space. Lingnan architecture, combined with climate characteristics, makes the building have modern landscape characteristics. Gardens and flowers are arranged in the foyer, atrium, lounge, dining room, walkway and bedroom, giving the environment natural interest. The most representative work is Oriental Hotel Garden, which combines the spirit of China gardens with the style of modern architecture.

(5) Fresh and lively, with various ways. Lingnan architecture is good at making use of the characteristics of reinforced concrete frame, creating transparent space and virtual body, forming a fresh and lively architectural image, and drawing lessons from the prototype of ancient pavilions to make new buildings colorful.

(6) interior design, rich and colorful. Lingnan architecture uses traditional techniques in interior design, such as gray carving, pottery sculpture, brick carving, wood carving, cave doors and windows, empty flower Bo Gu, landing, painted glass, mosaic murals, some bonsai, characteristic furniture, inscribed couplets, etc., which makes the interior landscape dazzling and beautiful.

(7) The context of the garden is innovative. Lingnan architecture absorbs and draws lessons from China's ancient garden space techniques to the maximum extent, and transplants them into architecture and urban design, thus producing distinctive features. For example, Baiyun Mountain, Yuexiu Mountain, Liuhua Lake Park, Lanpu, Martyrs Cemetery, Land Rover Lake and Dongshan Lake Park.

(8) The road of spirit likeness leads to the same goal. Lingnan architectural school advocates that new buildings should be similar to traditional forms and styles, not identical. Spiritual similarity reflects a sense of context, concern for traditional spirit and collective unconsciousness, respect for environmental integrity and human space, and a strong desire to keep pace with the world trend.

The representative works of modern Lingnan architectural school include Friendship Theatre, Baiyun Mountain Villa, White Swan Hotel, Museum of Nanyue King's Tomb in Western Han Dynasty, Panxi Restaurant in Guangzhou, tianhe sports center, baiyun hotel, Metropolitan Plaza, China Mayor's Building, etc. These works were awarded the Excellent Architectural Design Award by the Ministry of Urban Construction of China, the Excellent Architectural Design Award by the State Education Commission and the Excellent Architectural Creation Award by the Chinese Architectural Society.