1966
Taiwan Launches the Chinese Cultural Renaissance Movement
台灣推動「復興中華文化運動」
Source: Chinese Cultural Revival Movement
From: Encyclopedia of Taiwan
Date: July 22, 2011
Author: Lin Kuo-hsien
On November 12, 1966, President Chiang Kai-shek delivered a speech at the inauguration of Chung-Shan Building on Yangmingshan. Those present, including Sun Fo and Wang Yun-wu, initiated the formation of the Chinese Cultural Revival Movement. The external impetus for this movement came from the Cultural Revolution then underway in the People’s Republic of China — the Republic of China used cultural revival as a symbol of Chinese orthodoxy. Internally, as prospects for a military counterattack had long stalled, the movement shifted toward waging an anti-communist struggle on the cultural front.
External Links
- Chinese Cultural Revival Movement (Wikipedia)
- Chinese Cultural Revival Movement (Bible and Culture Blog)
- During the Cultural Revolution, Chiang Kai-shek Was Reviving Chinese Culture (New Epoch Weekly)
- Is “Chinese Culture” Not Acceptable? — A Brief Discussion on the Problem of “Chinese Culture” in History Curriculum Guidelines (Thinking Taiwan)
