踏溯台南

踏溯台南

文學院 通識教育課程

Tavocan and the Town of Hills

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Yang Kui Literature Memorial Hall

   Yang Kui, whose real name is Yang Gui, pen names Yang Kui, Yang Jianwen, etc., is a famous Taiwanese novelist, such as "The Uncrushable Roses" and "Newspaper Delivery Boy" are his literary representative works. Born in 1906 in Hsinhua, Tainan, Yang Kui was the first Taiwanese writer who was active in Japan's central literary circle. He was not only arrested by the government for supporting the peasant movement during the Japanese era, but also caught served his sentence in Green Island Prison after issuing the Declaration of Peace, and can be said to be one of the pioneers of Taiwan's social movement.

    In 2001, the Hsinhua Town Office and local cultural and historical workers initiated the establishment of the Yang Kui Literature Memorial Hall, received subsidies from the Ministry of Culture, renovated the land of the land affairs administration that laid idle as the "Yang Kui Literature Memorial Hall", which displays Yang Kui's cultural relics, historical materials, and images. The first floor of Building A is planned as the exhibition area of Yang Kui's life, the second floor is the exhibition area of his literary works, the first floor of Building B is the literary social lounge and the second floor is the exhibition hall for groups and associations, and Building C is the Ouwei Film Special Memorial Exhibition Hall of Ouwei movies, and several artistic and cultural activities have been held here to carry onward Yang Kui's spirit of 'uncrushable roses'.

 
 
 
 
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