By Chiu Chih-jou, Hsu Li-chuan and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writerPresident Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday said that being “unafraid to make sacrifices” and dedicated to “the protection of the nation” were qualities she shared with an 18th century Hakka martyr. The temple is dedicated to Zhong Yonggong (忠勇公), a Hakka martyr who helped Qing Dynasty officials quell a rebellion led by Kaohsiung peasant Zhu Yigui (朱一貴) in 1721. As a fellow Hakka, Tsai said that she shares Zhong’s spirit of sacrifice for the nation. Taiwan has undergone many revolutions and is always improving, part of that being the elevation in status of Hakka culture and language, she said. Meanwhile, Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜), the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) presidential candidate, attended a religious ceremony in Miaoli County.

Source: Taipei Times December 07, 2019 15:56 UTC