Source: Taiwan Strait Network
Taiwan Strait Network December 1st (Reporter Wu Shenglin of the Straits News Agency) Taipei Palace Museum recently reported that it will be renamed "Huaxia Cultural Relics Museum" or "Asian Museum". After the news was disclosed, public opinion on the island fiercely criticized, questioning the DPP authorities' fantasy of "Taiwan independence". Under pressure, Wu Micha, director of the Palace Museum in Taipei, stepped forward to clarify yesterday that "there is absolutely no problem of changing the name."
The origin of the dispute: The rumor was renamed "Huaxia Cultural Relics Museum"
Taiwan media recently revealed that in order to cooperate with the "organizational transformation" of the administrative organization of the DPP authorities, the Taipei Palace Museum will be demoted to a subordinate third-level institution of the "Ministry of Culture". After the news came out, some people thought that this would "dwarf" the Palace Museum in Taipei.
On November 26, a relevant person in charge of Taiwan's "Ministry of Culture" went to the "Legislative Yuan" to give a special report on "How to promote digital curation, online art, digital marketing and services in museums, art galleries, performing art galleries and cultural halls in the post-epidemic era", and many "legislators" questioned this.
DPP "legislator" Huang Guoshu said that museums around the world belong to cultural departments, and only the Taipei Palace Museum belongs to Taiwan's "administrative organization". As for whether the name will be changed after the restructuring, he said that some people say that Taipei , the North Palace Museum, , can be renamed "Huaxia Museum" and the South Palace Museum, can be renamed "Asian Museum".
Public opinion whip: despicable conspiracy, crazy
name change news came out, and public opinion on the island was overwhelming, questioning that this was the DPP's "de-Sinicization". Some netizens angrily retorted that if the DPP wants to "de-Sinicize" so much, why not just return the cultural relics to the mainland?
Wu Kuncai, a professor at the Department of Applied History of Chiayi University in Taiwan, said in an interview with a reporter from the Guide yesterday that the Palace Museum in Taipei was an important cultural heritage brought to Taiwan by the Kuomintang regime when it evacuated from the mainland in 1949. "How many tourists come to the Palace Museum in Taipei to make a pilgrimage, just to fulfill their wishes and see the treasures of Chinese civilization and even all mankind. Any Chinese with a conscience will do their best to protect these national treasures belonging to the Chinese to highlight the contribution of Chinese civilization to human history. How could a crazy person choose to lower the museum level under the illusion of "de-Sinicization" and want to change his name. This behavior may not even be despised by the warlords of the Republic of China." He called on the DPP authorities to immediately stop the absurd behavior of renaming.
Professor Pan Chaoyang, former dean of the School of International and Overseas Chinese Education at Taiwan Normal University, told the reporter of the Guide yesterday that the cultural relics treasured in the Palace Museum in Taipei are not only Chinese but also treasures of human civilization. The DPP authorities have changed their name and demoted them to the level, which is fundamentally due to the fantasy of "Taiwan independence". "But Taiwan will always be Taiwan of China. This is not only a political level, but also from the perspective of culture and history, it is determined that Taiwan is an inseparable existence of China."
Former director of the Palace Museum in Taipei Feng Mingzhu said on the 429th that he opposed the relegation of the Palace Museum in Taipei. If it is really renamed "Huaxia Cultural Relics Museum", it will be a self-destruction of the signboard and it is foolish. In addition, Kuomintang Chairman Jiang Qichen said that he could not agree with the name change at all. The term "Forbidden City" highlights the history of its collection from the old collection of the Qing Palace, and has recognition and brand value. The DPP authorities should be cautious about important cultural relics assets.
Plot reversal: Green Camp urgently stopped changing its name
In fact, there is more than this one storm in Taipei Palace Museum’s name revision. During the reign of Chen Shui-bian, he wanted to rename it "Formosa Exhibition Hall" and "Museum of All Nations", and to divide one into two parts into "Taiwan Pavilion" and "China Pavilion", and divide the cultural relics in the museum into two parts into "Taiwan Pavilion" and "Chinese Cultural Relics". Later, he failed to succeed under pressure.
Pan Chaoyang pointed out that the DPP authorities' scheming and actions cannot succeed. "The 'Taiwan independence regime' has long wanted to make a fuss. In 2018, Chen Qinan proposed the 'Taiwanization of the Forbidden City', 'closed the building for three years', and 'national treasures went to Japan to participate in the exhibition', which caused continuous controversy, and eventually stepped down in disgrace. Chen Qinan reigned for only 180 days and became the 'shortest-lived' director of the Taipei Palace Museum." Today, the DPP authorities "want to make a fire again if they want to make a fire."
Faced with overwhelming pressure, the DPP authorities had to stop again. On November 30, Wu Micha, director of the Palace Museum in Taipei, went to Taiwan's "legislative body" to participate in the review of the budget and quickly clarified that "there is absolutely no problem of changing the name." However, he did not forget to emphasize that he respected Taiwan's administrative agencies in everything.
