Groups of youths out on holiday excursions often enjoy following the river through the mountains, eager to find its source. In ancient times, Chinese emperors would set off from the western regions on a thousand-kilometre journey to the eastern fringe in order to perform sacrificial rites dedicated to the great sea. However, the ancient emperors had always adhered to the sequence of paying tribute to the river first before the sea, even though the latter was much larger in size.
Meanwhile, the common man often struggles to locate his roots. Nevertheless, through self-cultivation one can become a detective of the academic, cultural and folklore, and unearth the truth much like Sherlock Holmes, thus attaining one of life’s deepest joys!
Speaker: Chang Show-foong
Renowned Taiwanese author Chang Show-foong’s works include novels, free verse, and drama, but is most famous for her essays. Born in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province in 1941, Chang graduated from Soochow University, and has taught in Soochow University, Hong Kong Baptist College (now Hong Kong Baptist University) and Yang-Ming University. Chang made her name with the distinctive style and elegant writing of her works. She has received countless awards, including the Sun Yat-sen Art and Literary Award, the National Award of Art, and the United Daily News Literature Award. She was also named as one of the “Ten Great Taiwanese Essayists” in 1977.
Guest Speaker: Yow Cheun Hoe
Head of Division at the Nanyang Technological University Division of Chinese, Director at the Chinese Heritage Centre, and Deputy Director at the Centre for Chinese Language & Culture, Yow Cheun Hoe’s research focuses on topics such as the Chinese diaspora and Malaysian Chinese writers. Under the pen name of You Yipiao, Yow began publishing poetry in the 1980s and won awards such as the Hua Zhong Literary Award and Golden Point Award. Streamline (2016), a collection of Yow’s creative works spanning 30 years of his life in Malaysia and Singapore, was selected as one of Lianhe Zaobao’s books of 2016. In 2016, he established the Nanyang Poetry Association and Nanyang Poetry Society.
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