Taipei, 10 Oct (Xinhua) -- Under a viaduct on Taipei's Civic Avenue, a wooden house built in 1900 is hidden in the shade of greenery. Not far from Taipei Main Station, the crowds are so crowded that this downtown Yixian Park is home to only two or three tourists and a few elderly people resting.
"Yixian Park" is naturally related to Dr. Sun Yat-sen. In 1900, 1913 and 1918, he set foot on the treasure island of Taiwan three times, and the second time he stayed at the "Umeyashiki" inn here. On the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution, reporters came here to visit, because of the epidemic, the exhibition of historical sites was temporarily closed, and they could only stroll through the courtyard and think about that year...
This is Taipei Yixian Park. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Jianxing
The relationship between the Xinhai Revolution and Taiwan can be traced back to 1895, when the Qing government signed the Treaty of Maguan, ceding Taiwan and the Penghu Islands to Japan. This was the greatest shame and deepest pain in modern China, which directly ignited Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary passion to overthrow the Qing court and revitalize China, and in the same year he led the Xingzhong Association to launch the first uprising in Guangzhou. When the Xingzhong Association was founded, Mr. Nakayama proposed to "restore Taiwan and consolidate China." In 1897, he sent Chen Shaobai to Taiwan to contact patriotic compatriots and established the second branch of the Xingzhong Association in Taipei.
In September 1900, Sun Yat-sen came to Taiwan under a pseudonym and directed and planned the Huizhou Uprising in Taipei, which was closely monitored by the Japanese colonial authorities and expelled after the failure of the uprising. Mr. Zhongshan came to Taiwan for the first time for 42 days to spread revolutionary ideas, and Taiwanese progressives were deeply inspired. In 1910, the Taiwan branch of the League was established, and among the participants in the Guangzhou Uprising in April of the following year were Taiwanese members Xu Zanyuan and others, and later more than 70 Taiwanese people, including Jiang Weishui, Lian Heng, lai he, and so on.
On October 10, 1911, the sound of gunfire in Wuchang City opened the prelude to China's modern national democratic revolution in its entirety. Nine days later, Penghu fisherman Zhang Jifu broke through the Japanese blockade with a boat and went to the mainland to join the revolutionary army. Taiwan scholar Chen Sanjing said: "When the news of the Wuchang Shouyi reached Taiwan, the Taiwan compatriots under Japanese rule could not help but look westward and were extremely excited. ”
On New Year's Day 1912, Sun Yat-sen declared to China and foreign countries: "If China cannot recover Taiwan, it will not be able to stand on the earth." Inspired by the Xinhai Revolution, the national self-esteem of Taiwan compatriots has greatly increased. Historical records record that the people on the island rushed to tell each other that year, buying portraits of Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing and others and pictures of the Wuchang Uprising, and hanging them in the hall. Between 1912 and 1915, anti-Japanese armed uprisings in Nantou, Chiayi, Taichung, Tainan, Miaoli, Taipei and other places arose one after another.
This is the Miaoli Luofu Star Memorial Hall. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Jianxing
Today, in Miaoli Dahu Township, there is a memorial hall for Luo Fuxing, a member of the League. In 1912, Sun Yat-sen sent Luo hui to Taiwan to mobilize and plan an anti-Japanese uprising. In August 1913, Mr. Zhongshan came to Taiwan for the second time, stayed for 10 hours, and secretly met with Luo, Weng Junming, Jiang Weishui and other volunteers. In December, Japanese police conducted a nationwide raid and arrested more than 900 anti-Japanese colleagues, and Luo was only 28 years old when he was killed.
Luo Fuxing was tortured, but still expressed his righteousness in court: "Therefore, the recruitment of revolutionary party members is to rebel against the Japanese government and break away from its rule, and plans to return the island to China." The trial report wrote that the "distant cause" of the uprising was that under the influence of the Xinhai Revolution, "revolutionary ideas spread among the people of the island."
Taiwanese writer Lan Bozhou commented on the incident: "The Xinhai Revolution of the motherland has inspired the revolutionary enthusiasm of Taiwan's volunteers and ignited the revolutionary fire. Since then, the anti-Japanese national revolutionary movement in Taiwan has been linked with the revolutionary movement on the mainland of the motherland, and the drums have corresponded, and finally relying on the national cohesion of the same breath, the common destiny, and the blood is thicker than water, it has overthrown Japanese imperialism and restored Taiwan. ”
In the face of Japan's high-pressure colonial rule, Taiwan's patriots shouted: "If you want to save Taiwan, you must first start by saving the motherland!" The article "Taiwan New Youth" clarified: "If you want to devote yourself to the revolutionary movement in Taiwan, you must first devote yourself to the success of the Chinese revolution." "After the Xinhai Revolution, and after the victory of the War of Resistance, tens of thousands of Taiwan compatriots returned to the mainland, such as Lin Zumi of the "Wufeng Lin Family" who resolutely left Taiwan and returned to Fujian in 1913, becoming the first person for Taiwan compatriots to restore their Chinese nationality, and following Sun Yat-sen to the revolution until he died heroically; Li Youbang, a young man in Taipei, returned to the mainland because he was wanted for anti-Japanese resistance, entered the Whampoa Military Academy in 1924, and then participated in the Northern Expedition.
The Taiwan compatriots were not absent from the Xinhai Revolution, which "opened the door to China's progress," and still less were they absent from the magnificent history of the Chinese nation striving to become stronger. In 1987, the strait isolation was broken, and since then, cross-strait exchanges and cooperation have continued to be close and warm, and compatriots on both sides of the strait have become closer and closer on the road of jointly realizing national rejuvenation, and the concentric circles of dreams have become bigger and bigger.
"'Reunification' is the hope of all Chinese people. If we can unify, the people of the whole country will be blessed; if we cannot unify, we will suffer. "Revisiting Mr. Zhongshan's deafening voice, remembering the heroic pioneers of China, including those from Taiwan, and comparing the bitter years of internal and external troubles, the broken mountains and rivers, and the bright prospects of the Chinese nation ushering in great rejuvenation now, people of insight on both sides of the strait should be able to more deeply understand the practical significance of commemorating the Xinhai Revolution, and more deeply feel the heavy responsibility of answering contemporary issues and completing the unfinished business of their predecessors."
Looking at Taiwan up close, a sad reality is the confusion of historical cognition. People on the island recently submitted letters criticizing the Xinhai Revolution and Sun Yat-sen's snubbing and even discarding in Taiwan, and that after the DPP came to power, it did not see any commemorative activities, so that students did not know Sun Yat-sen. The writer Zhang Fangyuan was deeply grateful and indignant about the "independence" faction's distortion and annihilation of history, and he worked tirelessly to expose lies with historical facts. He enumerated to reporters: "Jiang Weishui, who is admired by the DPP, is an 'iron fan' of Sun Yat-sen; the Taiwanese writer Wu Hunliu once wrote two poems dedicated to his 'most admired great man' Sun Yat-sen; Lai He, a Taiwanese writer who was misinterpreted by the 'independence' faction, wrote in tribute to Sun Yat-sen: Although the Chinese revolution has been successful, it is still working in the same room, and the ambition of reunification has not been reached..."
"Isn't the DPP's 'going to China' and 'relying on the United States to resist China' the most painful 'Western hegemonic eagle dog'?" Taiwan urgently needs to "turn upside down history upside down again" and face up to the issues of the times of national reunification and national rejuvenation. "The responsibility of this young man in Taiwan is admirable, and it is even more hopeful. Today, in Taiwan, there are still a group of advanced elements that are sticking to and moving forward, like a light illuminating the way, and I believe that this force will continue to grow.
"The Chinese nation has a glorious tradition of opposing separatism and safeguarding reunification." The 'Taiwan independence' split is the biggest obstacle to the reunification of the motherland and a serious hidden danger to national rejuvenation. Standing at the coordinate point of the new era, compatriots on both sides of the strait should look back at China's stormy quests since modern times, correctly observe history, grasp the general trend, shoulder the great national righteousness of supporting and pursuing national reunification, resolutely oppose "Taiwan independence," and work together to achieve glorious dreams. Only in this way can we comfort the martyrs and sages on both sides of the strait who are jointly respected, and can we be worthy of the country, the nation, and future generations.