Hakka Artifacts Joint Exhibition: Marvelous Artifacts, Music and Literature on Display at Taiwan Hakka Museum

The Taiwan Hakka Culture Development Center gathered 160 precious artifacts from domestic museums, cultural centers, and private collectors such as Hun Tun-Kuang, Huang Chin-Tang, Chen Ta-Ming, Liu Shih-Kuang, and Yeh Kuo-Ping to curate the Hakka artifacts joint exhibition biang jiangˊ: Striving Toward Our Beautiful Homeland. Additionally, the exhibitions iaˊ xienˊ ge sanˊ fuˇ giˊ - Hakka nginˇ Hakka ngog and Encounter Under the Blooming Tree - Hakka Literature Action Exhibition are being organized in collaboration with the National Center for Traditional Arts and National Museum of Taiwan Literature, respectively. The opening for the three exhibitions was held simultaneously on July 31 at the Taiwan Hakka Museum.

Yiong Con-ziin, Minister of the Hakka Affairs Council (HAC), expressed that items from the collections of national and private museums, as well as individual collectors, were assembled under the theme of biang jiangˊ to showcase the diversity of Taiwanese Hakka people. The National Center for Traditional Arts also put together an exhibition in Toufen, Miaoli centered on the work of musician Hsu Sung-Jung. The National Museum of Taiwan Literature, on the other hand, curated an exhibition based on literary works of Hakka authors. These offer a complete picture of the variety among Taiwanese Hakka and how Hakka people have constantly sought innovation, progress, and change as they made a place for themselves in Taiwan’s history. Certainly, after viewing these exhibitions, visitors will be convinced that Taiwanese Hakka culture does not only belong to the Hakka people, but to every Taiwanese. From an overall societal perspective, “Hakka” is a shared cultural asset. This series of exhibitions is hoped to set the stage for such notion.

Ho Chin-Liang, director of the Taiwan Hakka Culture Development Center, emphasized that these artifact exhibitions were only possible thanks to the collaboration between the state and the people, and they benefit both. The changes across different periods of the Hakka entertainment industry are conveyed through an interactive light installation, and there is also an artifact treasure trove game, enabling visitors to approach the artifacts and better know Hakka culture through a mix of virtual and physical experiences.

Other than these three exhibitions held at the Taiwan Hakka Museum, gangˊ tug conˇ gaˊ - hagˋ gaˊ nginˇ hau tug suˊ and Looking Forward to Spring: Nine Decades of Popular Music in Taiwan are currently running in Taiwan Historica and the National Museum of Taiwan History, respectively. They all contain knowledge on the influence of Hakka people and have a unique appeal, so don’t miss the opportunity! For related information, please visit the Taiwan Hakka Museum fanpage.