Tags: Lu Hao-tung | national flag | Republic of China | Sun Yat-sen

The Story of the National Flag of the Republic of China—From the National Flag-related Historical Documents in the National Government Archives

The emblematic pattern of the Republic of China's national flag -- the white sun in a blue sky -- was originally designed by Lu Hao-tung in 1893 for the Chinese revolutionists. Later a crimson background was added by Dr. Sun Yat-sen in 1906. Following the victories in the Northern Expedition and the unification of China, the flag rich in symbolic values,...

Tags: emperor | memorial | National Palace Museum

"Chih-tao-le " was a concluding note frequently affixed by Ch'ing emperors to palace memorials submitted by officials. It literally means "Understood" or "I got it." , indicating that the emperor was fully comprehensive of what was conveyed in the official’s report. Through these palace memorials that submitted by officials to emperor, we could find out how emperor and officials interacted, how the emperor grasped the conditions in various parts of country, what kind of viewpoint did the emperor have to the reported incidents from the officials, how the emperor governed the country, and further we can rebuild the history of the times.........

Tags: Academia Sinica | development | research

This special exhibition was put together through the Archives of the Institute of Modern History (http://archwebs.mh.sinica.edu.tw/digital) with the assistance of the Taiwan e-Learning & Digital Archives Program – Institutional Project of Academia Sinica (http://digiarch.sinica.edu.tw/en_index.html)....

Tags: documents | National Taiwan University | research

National Taiwan University (NTU) is the oldest research institute devoted to diverse fieldworks and houses one of the most comprehensive records of natural and cultural history in Taiwan. Since 2002, NTU has initiated a digital project to archiving the research heritage in order to preserve and to broaden public access to the legacy holdings. It is a collaborative effort involving a wide variety of content and data types, reflective of the many research specialties in the university....

Tags: glass | Yi-Chuan Hsu

Seventy years has passed by in the campus of National Taiwan University, however old technician Hsu, Yi-Chuan looked after the Nucleus Laboratory, which he has devoted all his life to consistently from a vigorous youngster to a venerable elder. Hsu is one of the few Taiwanese glass technicians trained in Taihoku Imperial University during the Japanese occupation, ....