January 8 |  | Jointly sponsored the academic seminar on "Livelihood and Habitation Justice, and its Transmission" with the Multi-Cultural Research Center of Minghsin University of Science and Technology, with a total of 13 academic papers published. |
January 26 |  | The "Century Water-ink -- Painting Exhibition of Huang Kuang-nan" at Chung Shan National Gallery displayed water-ink works by Professor Huang Kuang-nan. Honorable guests included vice president, Wu Den-yih, former vice president, Vincent Siew, and speaker of the Legislative Yuan, Wang Jin-ping and other guests visited the exhibition. Exhibition date: January 26 - March 8 |
February 5 |  | Lin Lun-ke, wife of Sun Zhi-jiang and granddaughter-in-law of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and Sun Kuo-sheng, great grandson of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, paid their respects to the bronze statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen while accompanied by Director General Lin of the memorial hall. |
March 10 |  | Sponsored the "Special Exhibition on the 90th Anniversary of the Death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen," -- opening ceremony highlights the "Life Events of Dr. Sun Yat-sen," "Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Madam Soong Ching-ling," and the "Northern-bound Trip and Death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen." Vice President Wu Den-yin joined the event and delivered an address. Exhibition date: March 7 - April 30 |
March 11 |  | Chung Shan National Gallery put on the exhibition of "Fanfare of Humanity-- Glorious Wonders -- Creation Works of Wang Kai." Wang Kai set up the "Running Rain Painting Society" in 1964, and was known as the "Master of Contemporary Humanity Painting." Exhibition date: March 1 - April 6 |
March 12 |  | Sponsored the commemorative event of the 90th Anniversary of the Death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen: 1. "Joint Group Tribute" with Directorate General Lin and the entire staff of the memorial hall, Hsu, Shui-teh, chairman of the Sun Yat-sen Academic and Cultural Foundation, Yu Mu-ming, chairman of the New Party and 13 other groups, totaling 365 people to pay tribute and offer flowers to the bronze statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. 2. "Flower seedling donation event on Arbor Day", totaling 3000 flower seedlings. 3. Students were invited to participate in the "Kiss the young tree saplings" tree planting activities. 4. The National Taiwan College of Performing Arts performed "Chasing Dreams of Tsui Heng’s Youth," and "Visit the forest -- showing artworks with youth" 5. Jointly sponsored the event of "Relay singing of remembrance songs" with the Chinese Alliance for Solidarity. |
March 12 |  | Held the "Donation Ceremony of Water-ink Painting Works by Chen Qi-mei and Liu Da-tong" as the descendant of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Japanese friend, Fujita Yoshihiro donated works by Chen Qi-me and Liu Da-tong collected by their grandfather to the memorial hall. |
March 12-13 |  | Held "The Commemoration of the 90th Anniversary of the Death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and the 15th Cross-strait Academic Seminar on Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Thinking and Realization," with over 50 scholars participating from across the Strait who specialized in Dr. Sun's studies and 24 academic papers published. |
March 12 |  | The documentary "Never Give Up-- North-bound Trip and Death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen" was released and jointly filmed by the Academic and Cultural Foundation in Memory of Dr. Sun Yat-sen |
March 14 | | The relocation and renovation works of the office on first floor was completed. |
April 9 |  | "Beautiful Love -- Surreal World by Kuo Dong-rong" exhibition was held at the National Chung Shan Gallery, and senior consultant and national policy advisor to the Presidential Office, Liao Liou-yi and Huang Guang-nan and many other professors visited. Exhibition date: April 9 - May 3 |
May 6 |  | "Water-ink of Long River -- Creation Exhibition by Jiang Ming-xian" was held at the National Chung Shan Gallery, and the recently restored painting of "Life at Fuchun Mountain," which measures 36 meters long was also displayed. Hong Meng-chi, Minister of Culture and other honorable guests visited.Exhibition date: May 6 - 24 |
May 27 |  | "Hsu Gu-an Retrospective Exhibition of 9 Water-ink Paintings -- Walking with Ease " was display at the Chung Shan National Gallery, showing the essence of his works including never before published works. Exhibition date: May 27 - June 16 |
June 19 |  | "The 78th Taiyang Art Exhibition" was held at the National Chung Shan Gallery, and Hong Meng-chi, Minister of Culture, Chao Chang-ping, member of the former Supervisory Committee and other honorable guests visited. Exhibition date: June 19 - July 1 |
July 3 |  | "Crossing the Poles -- Gu Chong-guang’s Painting World " was exhibited at the National Chung Shan Gallery. The transformation of Professor Gu’s creative style changed greatly from "abstract expressionism" to "neo-realism", and is seen as being in the upper echelons of the contemporary art world. Exhibition date: July 3 - 30 |
July 6 |  | Held the curator handover ceremony for the outgoing Director General of the Memorial Hall, Wang Fu-lin and the newly-appointed Directorate General, Lin Kuo-chang, (Lin was previously the vice directorate general and was appointed the 10th directorate general by the Executive Yuan, and took office upon taking over the seal). |
August 1 |  | The 39th National Oil Painting Exhibition" was held at the National Chung Shan Gallery. Hong Meng-chi, Minister of Culture, senior consultant and national policy advisor to the Presidential Office, Liao Liou-yi and Huang Guang-nan and many other professors and honorable guests visited. Exhibition date: August 1 - 9 |
August 12 |  | The "Buddhist Light Over Master Hsin Yun -- In Celebration of his 90th Birthday and Cross-Strait Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition" was held at the National Chung Shan Gallery. Exhibition date: August 12 - 23 |
August 26 |  | "Painting and Calligraphy exhibition of Ou Hao-nian -- 80 Years of Blessing was held at the Chung Shan National Gallery. Exhibition date: August 26 - September 22 |
September 4 |  | The grand opening ceremony of the "Historical Data Exposition on the Heroic Couple - General Li Yu-pang and Madam Yen Hsiu-feng during the War of Resistance against Japan" was sponsored, and president Ma Ying-jeou personally attended to deliver the welcoming speech. Exhibition Dates: August 25th to September 14th |
September 16 |  | Mr. Sun Kuo-shiung, a descendant of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, accompanied by other members from the family, visited the Hall and were personally received by Director-General Lin Kuo-chang. |
September 19 |  | The “50th Golden Bell Award" was jointly sponsored with the Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development, MOC, and its mission was accomplished beyond satisfaction. |
Septembe 26 |  | The "2015 Cross-Strait Art Festival of Chinese Characters - Calligraphy and Seal Cutting Exhibition of Prestigious Masters" was sponsored at both Chung Shan National Gallery and Yat-sen Gallery. "Arts on Papers - Exhibition of Creative Works on Handmade Papers" was also sponsored in the Life Aesthetics Center on the second floor. Exhibition Dates: September 26th to October 25th |
October 19 |  | The vice chair of the Prefecture-level People's Political Consultative Conference, along with other standing committee members, visited the hall for an event jointly held by Beijing Municipal Administration; they were given a guided tour by Lin Kuo-chang, the Director-General himself. |
October 28 |  | The "Endless Borders and Unlimited Boundaries - A Cultural Exchange Exhibition of Taiwanese and French Arts" was sponsored at Chung Shan National Gallery; François LEGRAND, the chairman of the Taylor Foundation, even paid a visit. Exhibition Dates: October 28th to November 8th |
October 30 |  | The “2nd Chung Shan Drama 2015" competition of micro-film productions was held, with three of the productions eventually being selected. |
October 31 to November 1 |  | The “7th Annual Conference on Developmental Studies" was jointly sponsored with National Chengchi University, and a total of 87 academic papers were published. |
November 11-12 |  | The international symposium on "Inheritance and Innovation - the 150th Anniversary of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Birthday" was jointly sponsored with Academia Historica, Sun Yet San Academic and Cultural Foundation, Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange, and The Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (IHS) of National Taiwan University (NTU). More than 30 scholars and researchers on Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Studies from both Taiwan and abroad partook in the symposium, and about 20 academic papers and theses were published. |
November 12 |  | The commemorative event of the 150th anniversary of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's birthday was sponsored and included the following events: 1. "Joint Group Tribute" with Director-General Lin Kuo-chang and the entire Memorial Hall staff, Hao Lung-pin, vice chairman of Kuomintang of China (KMT), Chen Yu-chun, chairman of Taipei Zhongshanese Association, and 31other groups. Almost 2,000 people attended to pay tribute and offer flowers to the bronze statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. 2. The National Taiwan College of Performing Arts performed "The Flying Flags and Dance Steps" and "The Lucky Lion Brings Prosperity". 3. The united performance of The Marching Band of Taipei First Girls High School. 4. The amazing spectacle performed by Chio Tian Folk Drums and Arts Troupe. 5. The music concert of "Relay Choir" was jointly held with the Chinese Alliance for Solidarity Association. The choir was joined by a crowd of a thousand people led by Hung Meng-chi of the Ministry of Culture, Chairmen Wang Yuan-jen, and Director-General Lin Kuo-chang in such patriotic songs as "Sun Yat-sen Memorial Song", "Plum Blossom", and "God Bless R.O.C.", all of which were beautifully sung. 6. The grand opening ceremony of the traveling exhibition of artistic compositions from the winners of the 2nd Ten Outstanding Young Persons' works of fine arts - "The Glory of Taiwan Lies in the Strength of Youth and Creativity" was held at Chung Shan National Gallery, as well as both Chung Shan National Gallery and Yat-sen Gallery. Many VIP guests, including Hsu Hsui-teh, the chairman of Sun Yet-sen Academic and Cultural Foundation, Professor Chou Yang-shan, Chen Wei-chao, president of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Foundation, and Hsu Wen-Jung, the exhibition curator, were honorably invited to the event. Exhibition Dates: November 11th to December 1st |
November 12 |  | An exclusive book titled "Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Yu You-Ren - Revolution of Calligraphy Art" was launched. |
November 12 |  | The installation of the six subsystem items from phase one of "Chung Shan Academic Data Archive" were completed, thus formally providing such inclusive functions as full-text search, downloading, and other personalized services to public users. |
November 12 |  | The stage performance of "Taiwanese Beijing Opera - Dr. Sun Chung-Shan" was planned with the National Taiwan College of Performing Arts. Based on the acting style of traditional opera, the show was interpreted with quite an innovative perspective, and the stories of our National Father were told with an interesting tone of an artistic feature. |
November 18 |  | The great-great granddaughter of Dr. Sun Chung-shan, Madam Christina Rose Seigrist, visited the Hall, and was received by Director-General Lin Kuo-chang |
Novembe 23-26 |  | Several of our representatives were invited to join the 27th commemorative joint conference of Dr. Sun Chung-shan and Soong Ching-ling at Sun Yat-sen Museum, Penang. |
Novembe 24 |  | The commemorative speech contest for the 150th anniversary of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's birthday was held for national high school students; 34 students submitted entries, and 8 were awarded. |
November 27 |  | The colloquium on "Thoughts of Sun Wen in Rebuilding the World" was jointly sponsored with Kaohsiung Chung Shan Academic Studies, and 18 academic papers were published. |
November 30 |  | The academic seminar on "Taiwan and the Revolution of 1911" was jointly sponsored with the Wuchang Uprising Society; nine academic theses were presented during the forum. |
December 5 |  | The exhibit of "Gestalt Aesthetics - Chen Hui-tung's Oil Paintings" was displayed at Chung Shan National Gallery. Professor Chen was personally invited to the site to draw portraits of the Founding Father, which were also exhibited in real time, once completed.Exhibition Dates: December 5th to January 4th, 2016 |
December 14-18 |  | Several of our representatives were invited to participate in the preparation conferences and meetings of “Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Taiwan's 4th Memorial Academic Seminar on Dr. Sun Chung Shan" in Guangzhou, China. |
December 22 |  | The 2015 inspection affairs committee’s selection of the proper research and writings on Dr. Sun Yat-sen's thought and theory for national development was held. In total, three doctoral students and one master's degree student passed the examination. |
December 29 |  | Conferences and meetings for the inspection and value assessment of classical collections were held. The task of backtracking and assessing 1607 pieces, which was accounted for all of the Hall’s collections, was achieved. |
December 31 |  | The "Classical Collections Policy" was stipulated for Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. |