Chinese Cultural Renaissance

The Chinese Cultural Renaissance or the Chinese Cultural Renaissance Movement () was a movement promoted in Taiwan in opposition to the cultural destructions caused by the Chinese Communist Party during the Cultural Revolution. Wachman, Alan M. 994(1994). Taiwan: National Identity and Democratization. M.E. Sharpe publishing. . pg 274.

Movement

Chiang Kai-shek, the then President of the Republic of China who launched the movement in November 1966 - on the 100th anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's birthday - by publicly announcing the official start of the renaissance movement.Guy, Nancy. 005(2005). Peking Opera and Politics in Taiwan. University of Illinois Press. . It was the Kuomintang's first structured plan for cultural development on Taiwan. Chiang himself was the head of the movement promotion council. Future president Lee Teng-hui was also involved in the movement and served as the president for the cultural renaissance.

Chiang announced ten goals:

# To improve educational standards and promote family education with an emphasis on the Confucian principles of filial duty and fraternal love
# To reissue Chinese classic literary works and translate important works with a view toward disseminating Chinese culture abroad.
# To encourage the creation of new literary and art works that are relevant to contemporary society and informed by the ideals of the cultural renaissance
# To launch the government planning and construction of new theaters, opera houses, auditoriums, and art galleries, as well as stadiums throughout the country, and to improve existing facilities.
# To utilize all mass media for the promotion of the cultural renaissance with an emphasis upon encouraging good customs and morals.
# To guide the modernization of national life under the influence of the Confucian Principles of the "Four Social Controls" (propriety, rectitude, honesty and a sense of shame)

and the "Eight Virtues" (Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, love, faithfulness, justice, harmony and peace), a goal to be achieved with the help of the newly launched New Life Movement.
# To promote tourism and the preservation of historical relics
# To increase support for overseas Chinese education, including the publication of newspapers and the promotion of cultural activities abroad.
# To maintain close ties with foreign institutions and intellectuals, particularly those whose research focuses on China.
# To revise tax statutes and regulations in order to encourage wealthy individuals, private industries, and private businesses to make donations to government-endorsed cultural and educational establishments.

See also

* History of the Kuomintang cultural policy
* May Fourth Movement
* Zoulu (culture)

References

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Chinese literary movements
1966 establishments in Taiwan