A Never Ending Stream The Taiwanese Hakka And Japan International Exhibition Catalogue

Chief Editors: Lai Yu-ching and Hung Deng-chin
Authors: Ho Chin-liang, Kawai Hironao, Hung Deng-chin, Hsu Fang-chih, Chang Wei-an, Lai Yu-ching, and Lai Po-jo (listed in order by Chinese surname)
Publication Date: May 2022
A Never-Ending Stream: The Taiwanese Hakka and Japan International Exhibition represents one of the key outcomes of a six-year academic cooperation agreement signed among the Hakka Cultural Development Center, Hakka Affairs Council; the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan; and the College of Hakka Studies, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. The exhibition’s premiere was held in August 2020 at the Taiwan Hakka Museum of the Hakka Cultural Development Center.
The exhibition is organized around three major themes:
1. Records of Hakka Life during the Japanese Colonial Period – featuring materials such as Hakka language textbooks from the Japanese era, the Hakka people’s contributions to local industries and community life, scenes of everyday life in Hakka villages, the development of baseball in Hakka communities, and notable Hakka writers and musicians of the time.
2. Hakka People Living in Japan – introducing distinguished Hakka individuals who have worked diligently and achieved success in Japan, the development and activities of Hakka associations there, and the cultural connections between Japan and the Hakka through the Xu Fu (徐福) belief tradition.
3. Japanese Scholars and Hakka Studies in Taiwan – highlighting recent collaborative research and exchanges between Taiwanese and Japanese scholars in the field of Hakka studies.
This catalogue compiles the complete content of the exhibition, presenting the interwoven histories and ongoing cultural exchanges between the Hakka of Taiwan and Japan—a relationship that continues to flow, like a river without end.