Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the National Museum of Taiwan Literature (NMTL) is currently staging a special exhibition titled “Restoration and Reproduction of Cultural Artifacts.” In conjunction with the 110 birthday of Lu Ho-jo (呂赫若), a renowned writer during the Japanese colonial period, the exhibition also displays the restored diary of Lu Ho-jo.
Born in 1914, Lu Ho-jo was honored with the title of “Taiwan’s foremost talent” (台灣第一才子) due to his great achievements in literature, music, and theater. He was an active writer during the Japanese colonial period. He passed away in 1950 in the “Luku Incident (鹿窟武裝基地事件)” as a member of the resistance in the White Terror era. Most of his works were destroyed by his family due to the political circumstances and Lu’s diary is the only surviving manuscript, which was donated to the NMTL by his eldest son in 2020.
The exhibition is divided into four themes: “The Rhythm of Cultural Artifacts/The Journey of Curation and Collection,” “Reimagining of Cultural Artifacts/Eternity Assured,” “Digitization on Cloud, 3D Cultural Artifacts,” and “Literary Translation, Masquerade of Cultural Relics.” Running now until July 14 in Tainan, the exhibition is also available online at the NMTL’s website.