Kaohsiung’s Hakka Affairs Commission yesterday held a ceremony to honor late activist and author Chung Tie-min (鍾鐵民) and his father, celebrated Hakka writer Chung Li-ho (鍾理和).
At the ceremony at the Meinong District (美濃) public library in Kaohsiung, the commission also unveiled a bronze bust of Chung Tie-min, who was known for documenting the changes that occurred in rural Taiwan.
“Chung Li-ho was one of the most important Taiwanese writers in the post-war period. You can understand the changes Taiwan went through by reading his books,” commission chairman Yang Jui-hsia (楊瑞霞) said.
Chung Li-ho was born in Pingtung in 1915, but
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’Rain horse’
Paperwindmill Theatre director Jen Chien-cheng, center left, artistic supervisor Hsiao Yeh, center right and performers strike a pose in front of a model horse yesterday outside the National Theater and Concert Hall in Taipei to promote a new production called “Rain Horse,” developed in collaboration with the Hakka Affairs Commission. The first two performances are to be held at the National Theater on Friday and Saturday, with later performances at the National Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall.
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