For a long time, Taiwan has been isolated overseas, remote control across the sea, and has been invaded and occupied by foreign colonizers on many occasions. The Dutch occupied the Tainan region for 38 years (1624-1662), the Spanish occupation of taipei for 16 years (1626-1642), and the Japanese assimilation and colonization of Taiwan for 50 years (1895-1945). After the surrender of Japan in 1945, the government recovered Taiwan and implemented high-pressure management, and in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek led the defeated Nationalist army to retreat to Taiwan, and Taiwan entered the period of 38 years of white terror and martial law (1949-1987). The long-term state of estrangement between the two sides of the strait, Japan's long-term colonial rule, and the Kuomintang's white terror rule have buried and spawned a tragic mentality and a love complex in Taiwanese society.
The movie "Cape Seven" tells the love story of two Taiwanese and Japanese youths during the Japanese occupation period and real life. The director uses legendary stories, beautiful pictures and elegant music to trace the cross-sea love affair between Taiwan and Japan, and hides the rationality of The Japanese colonization of Taiwan in a sad and nostalgic way. This film with local complexes and grassroots characters sold well at the Taiwan box office and became the 2008 Taiwan box office champion. For this film, it only talks about the warm pulse and does not talk about the one-sided narrative of bloody suppression, which has caused many controversies and doubts on both sides of the strait. This phenomenon is not only in the field of film, but also in literary works, architectural venues and commemorative ceremonies.
Take Yata and Ichi, for example. During the Japanese occupation era in Taiwan, the Japanese Hatata Yuichi, who designed and built the "Jia Nan Dazhen" and the "Wushantou Reservoir", was considered to be "the one who dedicated his life to Taiwan, who truly loved Taiwan", and enjoyed the status of almost "Taiwan benefactor" and was commemorated and praised. In 2009, the Taiwan government allocated about NT$100 million to establish the Hata and Ichi Memorial Park, which has now become a sightseeing and leisure spot in Tainan. In 2011, the Tainan municipal government changed a section of guantian district to "Badian Road." The 2014 Taiwanese film KANO also specifically mentions Hata and Ichi-built Jia Nan Dazhen, which has caused widespread controversy for glorifying Japanese rule. In addition, every year on May 8, the day of the death of Yata and Ichi, the Government and the Public of Taiwan hold a high-profile memorial activity for Taiwan and Japan. Of course, there are also people who oppose this kind of flattering behavior, and even saw off The Head of Hatta and a statue. This is exactly:
Meritorious service is awarded on Mount Aconitum, and It is difficult to find Eight Fields and one head.
Pray for the blessings of the parent-child land of the present dynasty, and do not forget the colonialism of that year.
Take Sato Tomoki, for example. In 1874, the Japanese Saigo Congdao led an army to invade and kill the indigenous people of Taiwan's Peony Society, which was the first place in Taiwan to be invaded by Japan. The past does not forget the teacher of the future. However, Huang Junyu, a resident of Peony Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan, presided over a sacrifice ceremony at his hometown Gaoshi Shrine to pay homage to the dead who died for Japan. In order to become a Japanese cleric, The Taiwanese Huang Junyu deliberately bowed to the Japanese Kenichi Sato as his adoptive father and re-named Sato Tomoki. With the help of his adoptive father Kenichi Sato, Huang Became the first Japanese cleric in Taiwan's history. Huang Junyu's behavior of confessing to the thief as a father and forgetting his ancestors caused Chinese to be angry and condemned. This is exactly:
Amaterasu restored Taiwan, and Peony Gaoshi was a new official.
In the dream, he did not know that he was a guest, and Dongmu confessed his father to please him.
Take "Wansheng Comes Home" as an example. The so-called "Bay Students" are descendants born to the Japanese during the colonial period in Taiwan, and were repatriated to Japan after the restoration of Taiwan. Tanaka Shika's "Wansheng Homecoming" has sold more than 50,000 copies in Taiwan and won the "Golden Tripod Award" prize of NT$150,000. Tanaka's best-selling book, written as a wansheng, has touched countless Taiwanese and has given more than 300 speeches on Taiwan and Sunday, with many audience members crying and leaving the venue. However, Tanaka Shijia is a native of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, whose real name is Chen Xuanru, and is not a so-called "Wansheng".
Chen Xuanru and his work "WanSheng Goes Home"
Under the pressure of public opinion in the society, she finally admitted to the falsification of her identity and apologized to the society, which was called "the biggest scam in the history of Taiwanese publishing" in the book. This is exactly:
Lead the sea ferry back to Dongying, and Wansheng returns home to enjoy the day.
The number of classics forgot their ancestors and acted in sophistry, and wept blood and the souls of the dead.