Lai He Memorial Hall Introduction
The development of Taiwanese literature has long been suppressed, experiencing the rural literature debates in the 1970s and the political/cultural localization in the 1980s. The wave of the Taiwanese literary movement gradually broke through the constraints of the party-state. In 1994, in commemoration of the centenary of Lai He, a private initiative led to the establishment of the Lai He Cultural and Educational Foundation. Lai He's descendants jointly donated to set it up, with writers Zhong Zhao Zheng, scholars Lin Rui Ming and Lee Cheng Yuan recommending board members. Academics include Lin Rui Ming, Chen Wan Yi, Lyu Hsing Chang, and Hu Wan Chuan; the arts community includes Zhong Zhao Zheng, Lin Heng Tai, Li Nan Heng, and Song Ze Lai; from the medical field are Lee Cheng Yuan, Jiang Zi De, Zheng Jiong Ming, and Chen Yong Hsing; and from politics and business Liu Feng Song, Yao Jia Wen, Chen Wei Ming, and Shi Bing Huang. Family representatives include Zhou Guang Xiong and Lai Yue Yan, bringing together individuals from various sectors. Lai He's grandson, Lai Yue Yan, served as the first chairman of the board. In 1995, Lai He’s eldest son, Lai Sang, and grandson, Lai Yue Yan, planned the Lai He Memorial Hall at the former site of the Lai He Medical Clinic, establishing the Lai He Memorial Hall. The collection includes complete artifacts, books, calligraphy, manuscripts, and related literature of Lai He, and it continues to collect and display manuscripts and relics of writers from the Changhua region, reconstructing the traditions and spirit of Changhua's cultural figures during the Japanese colonial period.
