Yang Tzu-jun
Tsu-Chuen Yang (born August 14, 1955) is a Ph.D. graduate from the Institute of Communication at the University of Massachusetts, U.S.A. She played an important role in promoting Taiwan's own songs, known as campus folk songs, in the 1970s. She also hosted Taiwan TV's "Jumping Notes" (跳耀的音符), a popular music program during dinner time in 1977. Additionally, she organized Taiwan's first outdoor charity concert, “Green Grass Festival” (青草地音樂節), to rescue prostitutes in 1978. In 1979, she served as a member of the executive committee of “Spring Breeze Magazine” (春風雜誌).[1]
In 1983, she participated in the founding of “Forward Weekly”(前進週刊), a nonpartisan movement magazine, where she worked as an editor and reporter. She co-founded the Democratic Progressive Party in 1986 and served as an executive committee member of the central committee. In 1987, she initiated and organized the veterans' hometown visit movement of the Association for the Promotion of Foreigners' Hometown Visitation, which led to the opening of cross-strait family visits by the Chiang Ching-kuo government. She also led Taiwan's first "hometown visit delegation" to China in 1988.[2]
In the same year, she initiated and served as the chairman of the Xiachao Friendship Association, the predecessor of the Xiachao Federation. She later co-founded the China Unification League. In 1995, Tzu-jun became the president of the Taipei City Evening Women's Association. Since 2004, she has been the initiator and organizer of the Solidarity with Yang Rumen and the Three Farmers of Taiwan movement.[3]
Biography
Tsu-Chuen Yang is a Taiwanese singer and political activist. She rose to prominence in the 1970s as a member of the campus folk song movement, which aimed to promote Taiwan's own songs. In 1975, she joined the movement in response to a call from her senior, Li Shuang-tse, to "sing our own song". At the time, songs such as "Young China"(少年中國) and "Formosa"(美麗島) failed to pass the censorship system of the Information Bureau of the Executive Yuan due to their sense of unification and independence.[1]
However, Yang resigned from the movement after being asked to perform purified songs and interfere with the broadcast of folk songs by the Information Bureau of the Executive Yuan. She continued to spread her beliefs through songs and actions and became a dissident figure against the government, which led to her being blocked from the public media.[4]
In 1979, "Formosa Magazine"(美麗島雜誌) was launched with the title track being sung by Yang. During the launch event, the security police surrounded the area, and some people shouted for Yang to sing "Formosa" to lead everyone to rush out. She complied and led the crowd to sing the song.[2]
In January 2012, Yang criticized the current line and Fulao chauvinism of the Democratic Progressive Party, which was founded in 1986, and implicitly criticized Tian Meng-shu as a Fulao chauvinist.[5].
On October 6, 2004, an article by Tsu-Chuen Yang was published in New News No. 917, which subverted the official version of the party history of the Democratic Progressive Party[6].
On August 13, 2005, Tsu-Chuen Yang and Zhan Che hosted a "Commemorative Conference on the 60th Anniversary of the Victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and the Victory of the Chinese War of Resistance and the Restoration of Taiwan" at the Taipei City 228 Peace Memorial Park. At the conference, Yang spoke about the presence of fascism in society and the need to fight against discrimination and fascism in all its forms. The conference concluded with a chorus of "The International Anthem" led by the Inawashiro Choir and Yang[7]
On December 23, 2005, Yang and Professor Guo Zhong-yi from the Department of Physics at Soochow University participated in the rescue of Li Jian-cheng, a student from the Department of Political Science at National Taiwan University who was arrested by Hong Kong police for participating in an anti-WTO rally in Hong Kong.
On April 15, 2007, Yang participated in the 415 Lo-Sheng Sanatorium Rally in support of the preservation of the old Lo-Sheng Sanatorium.
In January 2012, Lin Zheng-jie announced her candidacy for the legislature in Taitung County as a non-party member, and Yang campaigned for her as a revolutionary comrade, along with Lin Zheng-jie's wife, Lin Feng-ying.[5]
On November 28, 2017, Yang participated in a special program entitled "One Family Across the Taiwan Strait: Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of Open Civil Exchange Across the Taiwan Strait," which was co-hosted by the All-China Federation of Compatriots in Taiwan and China Central Television (CCTV). During the program, Yang performed the song "Young China," which is a popular tune among veterans returning to their hometowns to visit their relatives[8]
Releases
- Monographs
- Edited by Tsu-Chuen Yang, The Rose That Couldn't Be Squashed, 1983, Taipei: Qianjin Publishing House
- Written by Fritjof Capra and Charlene Spretnak, translated by Tsu-Chuen Yang and Tsai Shih-Yuan, edited by Nanfang Shuo. “Green Protest: The Green Party in West Germany and the Green Movement Worldwide”, 1986, Taipei: Move Forward Publishing Co., Ltd
- Tsu-Chuen Yang, The Rose in Bloom: Fifteen Years of Zu-Tjun Yang's Journey, 1992, Taipei: China Times Publishing Co., ISBN 957-13-0512-X
- Tsu-Chuen Yang, With Love, With Dream, With Hope, 1993, Taipei: Eurasian Press, ISBN 957-679-127-8
- Tsu-Chuen Yang, A Woman's Great Love, 1994, Taipei: Eurasian Press, ISBN 957-679-185-5
- Written by Tim O'Sullivan et al, translated by Tsu-Chuen Yang, Key Concepts in Communication and Cultural Studies, 1997, Taipei: Yuan-Liou Publishing Co., Ltd., ISBN 9573234580
- Tsu-Chuen Yang, "The Changing Role of Women in Taiwan's Newspaper Media," 1997, Master's thesis, Graduate Institute of Journalism, Chinese Culture University
- I'm Waiting for You in Ketagalan: A Documentary of the 320-520 Protest in 2004, Chaired and edited by Tsu-Chuen Yang, 2004, Taipei: New News Culture, ISBN 9572026666; 2005, Taipei: Laurel Books, ISBN 9577305318
- The people's struggle after the 11th presidential election of the Republic of China in 2004, 320-520: Why did they struggle? How do they think about the meaning of their own acts of resistance? (2005), Taipei: Line of Flight Books co., ltd, ISBN 9868066522
- Music Album
- “Tsu-Chuen Yang” self-titled album, 1979, Synco Cultural Corporation
A side of the cassette
1. 誕生 (dàn shēng) - Birth
2. 我唱歌給你聽 (wǒ chàng gē gěi nǐ tīng) - I sing to you
3. 農夫歌 (nóng fū gē) - Farmer's Song
4. 風鈴 (fēng líng) - Wind Chime
5. 金縷鞋 (jīn lǚ xié) - Golden Threaded Shoes
B-side of the cassette
1. 東北太平洋鼓舞曲 (dōng běi tài píng yáng gǔ wǔ qǔ) - Northeast Pacific Drum Dance
2. 一隻鳥兒哮救救 (yī zhī niǎo ér xiāo jiù jiù) - A Bird Roars for Help
3. 早起的太陽 (zǎo qǐ de tài yáng) - The Early Morning Sun
4. 西北雨直直落 (xī běi yǔ zhí zhí luò) - Northwest Rain Falls Straight Down
5. 你送我一枝玫瑰花 (nǐ sòng wǒ yī zhī méi guī huā) - You Give Me a Rose
6. 紫竹調 (zǐ zhú diào) - Purple Bamboo Melody
7. 青春舞曲 (qīng chūn wǔ qǔ) - Youth Dance Music
- 壓不扁的玫瑰 “The Rose That Can't Be Squashed”
A side of the cassette
1. 賣花 (mài huā) - Selling Flowers
2. 壓不扁的玫瑰 (yā bù biǎn de méi guī) - The Rose That Can't Be Crushed
3. 心中有一首歌 (xīn zhōng yǒu yī shǒu gē) - There's a Song in My Heart
4. 愚公移山 (yú gōng yí shān) - The Foolish Old Man Who Moved the Mountains
5. 亞細亞的孤兒 (yà xì yà de gū ér) - Orphan of Asia
6. 老鼓手 (lǎo gǔ shǒu) - Old Drummer
B-side of the cassette
1. 累了嗎？(lèi le ma?) - Are you tired?
2. 少年中國 (shào nián zhōng guó) - Young China
3. 心肝兒 (xīn gān ér) - Darling
4. 美麗島 (měi lì dǎo) - Beautiful Island
5. 台灣之乎者也 (tái wān zhī hū zhě yě) - What Taiwan Is
6. 我們都是歌手 (wǒ men dōu shì gē shǒu) - We Are All Singers
- “Voices from Outside the Party and Songs of the New Generation”, 1980
- “The Earth is My Mother”, 1986, Move Forward Publishing Co.,Ltd
- “I Play the Me I Want", 1994, Yiboling Arts & Culture Co.
- “Tsu-Chuen Yang”(reissue), 2006, Rock Records - Rock Records New Folk Songs Series: The Everlasting Weiyang Song
- The Sound of the Song that Can't Be Turned Off: Selected Recordings of Tsu-Chuen Yang 1977-2003, 2008, Tree’s Music & Art Co.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yang, Zujun; 楊祖珺. (1992). Mei gui sheng kai : yang zu jun shi wu nian lai shi lu. 楊祖珺 (初版 ed.). Tai bei shi: Shi bao wen hua. ISBN 957-13-0512-X. OCLC 813827284. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "歌手杨祖珺：回望台湾"校园歌曲"之初". news.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ↑ "滾動農村 聲援楊儒門反世貿 台灣同步開唱". 苦勞網 (in 中文). 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ↑ "禁制三十年，歌聲關不住 楊祖珺環島「唱自己的歌」". 苦勞網 (in 中文). 2008-03-29. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 何豪毅 (2012-01-13). "與前夫大和解 楊祖珺挺林正-{杰}- 台東催票". 《時報周刊》第1768期. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
- ↑ 楊祖珺 (2004-10-06). "十八年前民進黨創黨的另一種記憶 那天，早和政府協議好……". 《新新聞》第917期.
- ↑ 苦勞報導 (2005-08-14). "反法西斯復辟 社運團體舉辦紀念大會". 苦勞網. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-06. Unknown parameter
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External links
- 夏潮聯合會 Archived 2021-01-26 at the Wayback Machine
- 地下鄉愁藍調
- 中國文化大學大眾傳播學系教授楊祖珺 Archived 2021-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
- 台灣大百科全書：楊祖珺[permanent dead link]
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