不同于一般的世俗建筑,纪念建筑的成败在很大程度上取决于意境的创造。立意是创造意境的首要环节,没有脱俗的立意,建筑技巧再高也只是下品。中山陵是个颇受赞誉的作品,被称为是“传统建筑的创新”,是“取得了庄严雄伟的气氛的成功杰作”。然而,正当设计者为汲取“传统精华”而殚精竭虑时,却不料从一开始就陷于了致命的错误:采用“传统精华”的立意。这里的所谓“传统精华”,正是 Unlike ordinary secular buildings, the success or failure of a memorial building depends to a great extent on the creation of artistic conception. Conception is the first step in creating artistic conception. There is no refined idea, and high architectural skills are only inferior. Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum is an acclaimed work, known as “the innovation of traditional architecture” and “a masterpiece of success that has achieved a majestic atmosphere.” However, when designers are exhausting their efforts to obtain “traditional essence”, they are only surprised by the fatal error from the very beginning: the concept of “traditional essence.” The so-called “traditional essence” here is precisely