项目业主为其命名“不朽堂”，这一名字本身即体现了拥有有限生命的人类对“永恒”的渴望；而事实上，经历、目睹死亡或许正是人们得以最接近于窥探“不朽“奥秘的时刻——在这一刻，我们与自然联结最为紧密，藉死亡以再次印证自我与万物的相互联系, 而非终极的分离、断绝。

The memorial hall was named by the owner Hall of Immortality, because we are essentially all "mortal". However, experiencing and witnessing death may be one of those moments in life when we get closest to Immortality – it is one when we are most intimately connected with Nature, that reaffirms through "mixing forever with the elements" our eternal interconnection with everything else instead of the "ultimate separation".

因此，我们希望营造一个安静、内向的沉思场所，使人们远离园区此起彼伏的悲泣声、穿梭的电瓶车和祭拜焚烧的烟尘余烬，专注于感受建筑中与生命密切相关的自然基本元素：光、水、土、天空、云、石、树——既是生命终点，更是起点，暗含生生不息的循环。

In order to create a space where one can stay away from the sobbing, groans, the dust and smoke from the traditional burning ritual as well as the shuttle golf carts, we have enclosed the triangular plot with high walls on all three sides, leaving only a narrow slit on the south end; the space was meant to be a quiet and introverted place for contemplation – focusing on emotions, senses and the fundamental elements of nature that are presented in the space: light, water, soil, sky, clouds, rocks and trees - These are not only the end, but also the starting point of life, an infinite cycle.

我们沿三角形地块建起一圈高墙，只在南侧开一条窄缝与外界联系；悼念者可以在入口喷泉水池净手后通过高墙围合的外走道通往礼堂建筑入口。低矮昏暗的入口门廊挑檐和高墙间的窄缝中露出一线天空和几株松柏，人们几乎感受不到围墙北侧紧邻的焚烧区。悼念者可以坐在门廊下的长凳上等候进入会场，感受天空中云和光影的变化。

Mourners would wash their hands at the fountain upon entry, then head to the perimeter walkway enclosed by high walls. Through the narrow gap between the eaves of the dark entrance porch with low ceiling height and the perimeter wall, a strip of sky and a few cypresses are revealed. You almost do not feel the presence of the incinerating area at the other side of the wall; while waiting to enter the main venue, one can sit on the benches under the porch quietly and get a sense of the changing clouds, light and shadow through that gap.

Photo©Chao Zhang 张超

定制的铜质长明灯、门把手和室内踢脚灯截面均呈三角形，与建筑平面暗合；正三角形的几何完美暗示生命的无瑕、能量的循环和维度的超越。

Custom-made bronze Eternal Lamp, door handles and skirting lights are all triangular in profile, which coincides with the shape of building plan; the perfect geometry of the equilateral triangle implies the immaculacy of life, the circulation of energy and the transcendence of dimensions.

单向的进出流线确保了每位悼念者的私密性；仪式结束后，悼念者可以逆时针通过另一侧的单向长走道通往出口，并在离开前再次经过喷泉水池聆听水声。

The carefully designed one-way circulation in and out of the complex ensures the privacy of each mourner; after the ceremony, the mourners can pass through the walled walkway on the other side to the exit, where before leaving, the sound of flowing water at the fountain can be heard once again.