We have been friends over 25 years..

We met in Suzhou when we competed for design competition.. we had a nice dinner together and that we learned a lot each other. Over the years we met at a number of international events and he invited me to Peking University in Shenzhen and in Beijing for a number of international events..

We are together even in my hometown of Seattle Washington where he lectured at the University of Washington..

he renovated a park in Chinatown even in Seattle..

He was a trailblazer in Chinese landscape architecture .l truly miss him..

I will forward memorable photos with him later..

译文:

我们已经相识超过25年。我们第一次见面是在苏州，当时我们正在参加一个设计比赛。我们一起吃了一顿美妙的晚餐，彼此了解了很多。多年来，我们在许多国际活动中再次相遇。他还邀请我参加在深圳和北京的北京大学举办的几次国际活动。

我们的友谊甚至延伸到了我的家乡——美国华盛顿州的西雅图，他在那里华盛顿大学做了一场讲座。

他还参与了西雅图唐人街一个公园的翻新工作。

他是中国景观建筑领域的开拓者，他的贡献将永远被铭记。我非常想念他。

我会稍后分享一些我们在一起的难忘照片。

2025年10月23日补充1：

I like to leave three short presentations for Yu

These are presented in Xia Zhen an Univeersity Of Peking

I will send them soon

2025年10月23日补充2：

We me t o er 30 years ago when we competed for a design on Taifu Lake.

Following the presentation we have dinner together and instantly it will become friends for life....

he requested to make a series of presentations on Chinese landscape architecture at the Xhemcheng.and Beijing following

we met in Seattle where I live and then he has a project to transform a portion of Chinese Park in Chinatown