The invented myth behind the Taiwanese ‘national’ holiday: The collective memory of Peace Memorial Day

IF 1.4 2区心理学 Q1 CULTURAL STUDIES

Memory Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-04 DOI:10.1177/17506980231184558

Ming-li Yao

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Abstract

This study aims to discuss how the state of the Republic of China, which is Chinese-oriented, created the discourse of the national holiday of Peace Memorial Day to reinforce Taiwanese nationalism. Peace Memorial Day was proclaimed to commemorate the tragedy of the state’s massacre of Taiwanese locals on 28 February 1947, usually known as the ‘228 Incident’. Based on resources collected from the two officially sponsored museums, this study explored how the Republic of China government has ‘selectively’ presented the sources of the 228 Incident, reshaping the contested text as part of a mnemonic past shared by itself and society, and on which basis it has developed the cultural discourse embodying Taiwanese nationhood. The research results also suggest that the officially constructed memory underscores the core value of democratisation not only to reinforce the notion regarding the Republic of China as a ‘Taiwanese’ government, but also to mark the distinction between the Republic of China and the People’s Republic of China as two ‘national’ unities.

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台湾国庆节背后的虚构神话：和平纪念日的集体记忆

本研究旨在探讨以中国为导向的中华民国如何创造国定假日和平纪念日的话语来强化台湾民族主义。和平纪念日是为了纪念1947年2月28日该州屠杀台湾当地人的悲剧，通常被称为“228事件”。基于从两个官方赞助的博物馆收集的资源，本研究探讨了中华民国政府如何“选择性地”呈现二二八事件的来源，将有争议的文本重塑为自己和社会共享的记忆过去的一部分，并在此基础上发展了体现台湾国家地位的文化话语。研究结果还表明，官方构建的记忆强调了民主化的核心价值，不仅强化了中华民国作为“台湾”政府的概念，而且标志着中华民国和中华人民共和国作为两个“国家”统一体的区别。

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Memory Studies Multiple-

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2.30

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18.20%

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期刊介绍： Memory Studies is an international peer reviewed journal. Memory Studies affords recognition, form, and direction to work in this nascent field, and provides a critical forum for dialogue and debate on the theoretical, empirical, and methodological issues central to a collaborative understanding of memory today. Memory Studies examines the social, cultural, cognitive, political and technological shifts affecting how, what and why individuals, groups and societies remember, and forget. The journal responds to and seeks to shape public and academic discourse on the nature, manipulation, and contestation of memory in the contemporary era.