Taiwan Terroir
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Between 1948 and 1955, Chen Qilu(陳奇祿), former head of the Council for Cultural Affairs(行政院文化建設委員會 ), ran a bi-weekly column (initially a weekly) in Public Newspaper(《公論報》), with a total of 195 issues and over 500 articles. According to statistics, 104 writers involved in "Taiwan Terroir", and in addition to the authors' own articles, many translations were published, it ceased publication without warning after the 195th issue was issued on 3 May 1955.[1]
Launch of journal[edit]
Public Newspaper(《公論報》) was founded on October 25, 1947 by Li Wanju(李萬居) (1901-1966), who emphasized the two main directions are "local" and "civil", revealed the ideas of "democracy", "freedom" and "progress". Six months after the publication of the Public Newspaper, a column "Taiwan Terroir(臺灣風土)" was added as a supplement on May 10, 1948, the content shall be general and popular, especially taking into account the preferences of readers from various fields, and the published texts could be expressed in dialects.[2]
Content[edit]
The contents cover Taiwan's history, geography, customs, cultural relics, religion, art, language, thought, philosophy, poetry, proverbs and anecdotes, as well as occasional information on art and exhibitions, which are very connected to the activities of the Taiwanese cultural scene at the time. Each issue took up about half a page with approximately 8,000 words in length. Some topics are also published in full-page format due to their importance and necessity. Originally a weekly, it became biweekly (or irregular) from December15, 1950 (No. 124) and was edited by Fang Hao from September 1951 to February 1953 when Chen Qilu went to the US for further studies (Nos. 143 to 157, 15 issues in total), after which Chen Qilu continued to chair the editorial work.[2]
Published by[edit]
The authors of 〈Taiwanese Terrain〉 covered a wide range of subjects, including historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, folklorists, artists, writers and dramatists, among others. Notable names were Kanaseki Takeo(金関 丈夫), Shi Zhangru(石璋如), Lan Yinding(藍蔭鼎), Yang Yunping(楊雲萍), Chen Shaoxin(陳紹馨), Lou Zikang(婁子匡), Wang Shilang(王詩琅), Dai Yanhui(戴炎輝), Fang Hao(方豪), Lin Hengdao(林衡道), Lv Sushang(呂訴上), Song Wenxun(宋文薰), Liu Maoyuan(劉茂源), Zhang Guangzhi(張光直) and many others.[3]
Re-publication[edit]
In 2005, Lin Fo'er obtained most of the original newspaper clippings through Chen Qilu, compared and supplemented the data with the National Academia Sinica Library(中央研究院圖書館), the National Library(「國家圖書館」), the National Taiwan University Library(國立臺灣大學圖書館), and the Tainan City Library(臺南市立圖書館), which were finally collected and published by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Tainan City Government in 2013. They are Book I: Literature and History; Book II: Archaeology and Aboriginality; Book III: Folklore and Folk Literature; and Book IV: Chinese Poetry and Miscellaneous Travel Writings. [4] The breakdown of the categories is as follows:
Department of Literature and History
- Literature: 98 articles
- History: 31 articles
Ministry of Archaeology and Aboriginality
- Archaeology: 41 articles
- Aboriginal category: 128 articles
Ministry of Folklore and Folk Literature
- Folklore: 79 articles
- Folklore: 38 articles
Chinese Poetry and Miscellaneous Travel Writings
- Chinese Poetry: 37 poems
- Miscellaneous Travel Writings: 21 articles
Contributions to Taiwanese historiography[edit]
The cultural heritage of this supplement can be traced back to the time of the Japanese rule when Jin Guan’s husband served as the editor-in-chief of Folklore Taiwan. For post-war Taiwan, it had already escaped from Japanese rule and the people expected democracy and freedom, which was one of the main objectives of Li Wanju in founding Public Newspaper. Its supplement, Taiwan Terroir, published Taiwan's terroir, folklore and culture, which was a special at the time. The articles included were diverse in nature, including historical documents, archaeological relics, aboriginal surveys, folklore, folk literature, Chinese poetry, travelogues and miscellaneous articles. It inspired a number of subsequent publications in folklore studies, providing considerable material for the future and making a significant contribution to the study of Taiwanese history.[2]. Chen Qilu published an article "The first publication to engage in Taiwan studies - Taiwan Terroir" in United Daily News, and he also mentioned in his memoirs that "over six years of regular publications have accumulated more than one and a half million words of literature and materials, and the contributors on that day were almost all elite scholars from the academy and the private sector, so it made a difference to Taiwan studies. All these showed his self-approval of Taiwan Terroir[1]
Reference[edit]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 李若鶯 (2013年). 〈臺灣的過去、現在與未來—行旅「臺灣風土」〉，收錄於陳奇祿主編；林佛兒總編輯，《臺灣風土》第一冊. 臺南市政府文化局. p. P11–P36. Check date values in:
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 陳韋廷 (2017年). 〈陳奇祿與《臺灣風土》副刊—戰後（1948-1955）臺灣本土民俗知識出現與延續〉，收錄於《成大歷史學報》第五十二號. 臺南市: 國立成功大學歷史學系. p. P139–P170. Check date values in:
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- ↑ 羅雅如 (2009年). 〈《公論報》「臺灣風土」副刊與戰後初期臺灣研究〉. 臺北市: 國立臺灣師範大學歷史學系暨研究所碩士論文. Check date values in:
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- ↑ 陳奇祿主編；林佛兒總編輯 (2013年). 《臺灣風土》. 臺南市: 臺南市政府文化局. Check date values in:
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