Noted couple's home saved from bulldozer

State Administration of Cultural Heritage places courtyard house on protection list

The courtyard house of Liang Sicheng and his wife Lin Huiyin, regarded as the greatest couple of Chinese architecture, has been identified as an immovable cultural relic after a five-month battle against demolition.

He Shuzhong, founder of the Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Center, told METRO the identification means the house can't be demolished under law.