| January 7 |  | “New Creation—Zhang Jin’s Exquisite Art” displayed in the Chung-Shan National Gallery is a sculpture from Zhang Jin. The Deputy Minister for Education, Lin Si-ling, Dean Lu Mu-lin and Prof. Luo Hui-ming of Ming Chuan University, and other guests of honor attended the exhibition. The exhibition was held from January 7 to February 16. |
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| January 29 |  | The National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Cross-Field Value-Adding Project was approved by Executive Yuan. |
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| February 5 |  | The National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Cross-Field Value-Adding Construction Commissioned by the Project Management Technology Service won its bid. |
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| February 15 |  | Renovations and reinforcement of the main building and the Hall stage was started. |
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| February 16 |  | The addition of the Boai Gallery and renovation of public areas was started. |
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| February 23 |  | The first meeting of the first ”National D. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Culture Participation Promotion Group for Physically-Challenged People” was convened. |
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| March 12 | | The conference, the “Application of Digital Technology: A New Approach to Sun Yat-sen’s Research” took place. The total of 6 papers was published. |
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| March 12 | | Sun Guo-xiong, the great grandson of Sun Yat-sen, provided more than 40 books related to Sun Yat-sen that he had collected to the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (including the Outline of Nation Building Handwritten by the Prime Minister). |
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| March 12 | | The award ceremony of the 2015 Research Papers on Sun Yat-sen’s Thinking and National Development candidates was held. Three candidates in the PhD Group, Chen Ying-song, Xu Shi-zong, and Huang Cai-bi and one candidate in the MA Group, Lai Yong-wei, were selected. |
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| March 12 | | Prof. Wang Xiu-qi donated two of his pieces of bronze sculptures, “Grandpa Telling a Story” and “Breeding” to Chung Shan Park of the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. |
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| March 12 |  | In honor of the 91st anniversary of Sun Yat-sen’s death, a series of events took place with attendance from President Ma Ying-jeou, along with Vice President Wu Dun-yi, Deputy Chairperson and Party Member Representative Huang Hui-min, Chairperson of People’s First Party, Song Chu-yu, the New Party National Committee and Party Member Representative Li Xin, etc. A total of 13 groups consisting of 1617 people paid tribute to Sun Yat-sen’s statue and laid flowers. |
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| March 14 |  | The second meeting of the first ”National D. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Culture Participation Promotion Group for Physically-Challenged People” was convened. |
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| March 29 |  | The first meeting of the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall collection review and assessment of the Chinese Painting Group was held: 15 pieces of work were evaluated at the first level, and 14 at the second level. |
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| April 8 | | Key Points for the Establishment of the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Collection Deliberation Council were enacted.
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| April 8 |  | Key Points for the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Collection Management were enacted. |
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| April 18 |  | The meeting of the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall collection review and assessment of the Calligraphy Group was held: 24 pieces of work were evaluated at the first level, and 36 at the second level. |
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| April 25 |  | The meeting of the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall collection review and assessment of the Western Painting Group was held: 11 pieces of work were evaluated at the first level, and 21 at the second level. |
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| April 28 |  | The meeting of the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall collection review and assessment of the Complex Group was held: 7 pieces of work were evaluated at the first level, and 9 at the second level. |
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| May 2 |  | The second meeting of the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall collection review and assessment of the Chinese Painting Group was held: 1 piece of work was evaluated at the first level, and 457 were evaluated at the second level. |
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| May 16 |  | The Minister of Culture, Hong Meng-qi, Chairperson of Sun Yat-sen Academic and Cultural Foundation, Xu Shui-de, the National Policy Advisor to the President, Wu Dong-ming, and Huang Guang-nan, artists Du Zhong-gao and Zhang Bin-huang, Prof. Wang Xiu-qi, Xue Ping-nan, Chen Hong-mian, attended amongst others the celebration of the 44th anniversary of the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. |
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| May 16 |  | The series of celebration for the 44th anniversary of the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall included tree planting at Calligraphy Park at the west side of Chung Shan Park, a book-giving activity “Celebrating the anniversary with a festival of books,” with the 20th volume special issue of the “Sunology Research” being published, publishing the book “Inheritance and Innovation: In Memory of the 150th Birthday of Sun Yat-sen (Volumes 1 and 2)”. |
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| May 19 |  | Key Points for the Establishment of the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Life Aesthetics Program, the Key Points for Evaluating the Teachers of the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Life Aesthetics Program, and the Key Points for the Establishment of Deliberation Meetings of the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Life Aesthetics Teachers and Courses Program were enacted. |
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| May 24 |  | Renovations and reinforcements of the main building and hall stage were completed. |
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| June 3 |  | Former President Ma Ying-jeou’s wife, Zhou Mei-qing, attended the 2016 event “Night of the Indigenous Children—Amazing Music and Dance,” featuring traditional song, dance, and musical performances of indigenous children held in the Main Hall. |
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| June 4 |  | “The Master Piece Forever—Liu Wen-wei’s Individual Exhibition” was held at the Chung-Shan National Gallery from June 4th to June 29th. |
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| June 10~14 |  | The Director of the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall took research scholars of sunology to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to work at the Chinese Center, UTAR, and co-organized the "International Conference on Sun Yat-sen and Chinese in Southeast Asia." A total of 16 papers was released. |
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| June 12 |  | The Director of the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Lin Guo-zhang, took research scholars of Sunology to Taiwan to visit the Sun Yat-sen Museum at Perak Tong, Ipoh, Malaysia and held a forum with the curator and host, Perak Tong Zhang Ying-jie. |
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| June 18-July 20 |  | The National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall co-organized the “2016 Tour Exhibition—the Life of Sun Yat-sen” with the National Taitung Living Art Center. The Exhibition took place at the Experiment Gallery and the Hope Gallery of the Center as a way of interacting with the local community and city cultural facilities to promote Sun Yat-sen’s great feat. The Exhibition is held from June 18 to July 20. |
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| July 2 |  | The opening ceremony for “Creative Art—Deng Xue-feng’s Paintings” exhibited at Chung-shan National Gallery was attended by Deputy Minister of Culture Xu Qiu-huang, former President of National Taiwan University of Arts Huang Guan-nan, famous ink painter Prof. Li Qi-mao, Director of Taipei Veterans General Hospital Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology Chen Liang-gong (Attending Physician of Prof. Deng Xue-feng), and former Minister of National Defense Wu Shi-wen, among others. The exhibition period is 7/2~7/31. |
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| July 5 |  | To review the history of the Hall and collect related historic documents, relics, and photos, the Hall specially invited the architects and construction companies that were involved in the establishment of the Hall at that time, as well as related scholars, including Luo Zhi-lang (front, fourth from the left), architect Xie Yuan (front, third from the right), architect Zhan Xun-ci (front, second from the right), architect Wang Shou-zheng (front, first from the left), President Wang Qi-yuan (back, second from the left), Prof. Liang Ming-gang (back, third from the right), and Prof. Xu Ming-song (back, first from the right) to convene the first consultation meeting for “the history of establishing National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall.” |
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| July 18 |  | Sun Wei-yong, grandnephew of Sun Yat-sen (third from the right) led a group of 12 to the Hall to present a bouquet and honor the statue of Sun Yat-sen and were received by Director-General of the Hall Lin Kuo-chang. |
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| July 18 |  | The “2016 Tibetan Culture and Art Festival”, including the Ani Choying Dolma Concert, with Nuns of Vajrayana Buddhism in Nepal Ani Choying Dolma chanting Vajrayana Buddhism tradition, and a performance by the famous performing group U-Theatre, took place at the Main Hall. |
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| July 19 |  | Deputy Director of the Secretariat of the Ministry of Culture Huang Zhi-tao led his colleagues to examine the conditions of public property management at the Hall. |
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| July 19 |  | To propagate the spirit of universal love and promote art and culture, the Hall particularly held the “2016 Beauty of National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall” Photography Contest. A total of 28 winners were selected, including one each for Gold, Silver, and Bronze Award, 5 Merit Awards, and 20 Honorable Mentions. The Gold Award photo is “I Love the National Flag” by Zhang Xiu-huang. |
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| July 25 |  | Secretary-General of Sun Yat-sen Foundation, Guangzhou, Zhong De-chang led 65 promising young students from Guangdong to visit the Hall, and they were received by Deputy Director-General of the Hall Yang Tong-hu |
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| July 28 |  | Chen Liang-fa (fourth from the right), Assistant Director of the National Heritage Board of Singapore Chen Zi-yu (third from the left), and Director Li Min-jie (second from the left) visited the Hall, were received by Director-General of the Hall Lin Kuo-chang and Director-General of Sun Yat-sen Nanyang Memorial Hall (Wan Qing Yuan), and held a forum for research and interchange in Conference Room I. |
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| August 3 |  | The guests at the opening ceremony of “Songs to the Land, Humanism and Nature—An Exhibition of Liu Geng-gu’s Giant Glue Paintings”, which is on display at Chung-Shan National Gallery, include Prof. Xiao Qiong-rei, Dept. of History, National Cheng Kung University and Prof. Li Xi-jia, Dept. of Art, Chinese Culture University, among others. This exhibition will be from 8/3 to 8/31. |
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| August 4-8 |  | Liu Bi-rong, an associate researcher of the Hall, attended the “Overseas Chinese Celebration for the 150th Birthday of Sun Yat-sen Forum and Gathering” from August 4 to August 8. The event was held by Sun Yat-sen’s great-grandson, Sun Guo-xiong (first from the left), and organized by the SUN YAT-SEN CENTER FOUNDATION. |
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| August 5 |  | Former Minister of Culture Lung Ying-tai and other guests enjoyed the play “Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land”, performed in the Main Hall |
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| August 6 |  | Chair of the Dept. of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University Zhang Yu-sen was invited to give a lecture on “Horticulture and Healthy Life” in the “Lectures on Culture” series in August. |
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| August 7-9 |  | Director-General of the Hall Lin Kuo-chang led the Chinese Alliance For Solidarity Association, the Society for Sun Yat-sen Studies, and a number of Taiwanese scholars to attend the 16th Cross-Strait Conference on the Study and Practice of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Theory at Northeastern University, Changchun, China. |
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| August 15 |  | To handle the information co-construction for the Ministry of Culture and the integration of information regarding art and cultural activities, the Hall introduced the “Art and Cultural Activity Management and Registration System” of the Ministry of Culture to the 41st Life Aesthetics Program in order to provide the trainees with more convenient services. |
| August 19-20 |  | Former President Ma Ying-jeou and his wife Zhou Mei-qing, Permanent Deputy Minister of Culture Zu Qiu-huang, and Chairperson of the People First Party James Soong, among others, enjoyed the play “Dai Zhai Men”, performed in the Main Hall. |
| August 20 |  | Ijokaku (Kobe Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Association) and NPO International Music Association visited the Hall and paid tribute to the statue of Sun Yat-sen, gave flowers, and held the Taiwan-Japan Cultural Exchange Concert. |
| September 3 | | Liang Yong-fei, Director of the Department of Arts Development, Prof. Li Qi-mao, Dean Lin Jun-liang, Prof. Liang Xiu-Zhong, and Emeritus Professor Wang Xiu-Xiong of the College of Arts, National Taiwan Normal University, as well as curator Liang Dan-bei, among others, attended the opening ceremony for “Magic beyond Time and Space-- Prof. Li Quan-pei’s Memorial Exhibition” held at Chung Shan National Gallery on September 3. This exhibition will be from 9/3 to 9/28. |
| September 17 |  | The Hall co-organized the "Conference for Young Scholars on Sun Yat-sen Studies in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau" with the Cross-Strait Relations Development Association, the Chen Shou-ren Sun Yat-sen Research Center, the Sun Yat-sen Academic and Cultural Foundation, the Cross-Strait Research Center, the School of Continuing Education of Chinese Culture University, and the Mirror. |
| September 19-22 |  | Deputy Director-General of the Hall Yang Tong-hui led 11 Taiwanese scholars to Guangzhou, China from September 19 to 22 to co-organize the 2016 “4th Conference in Memory of Sun Yat-sen” with the Sun Yat-sen Foundation, Guangdong, the Sun Yat-sen Society, Shanghai, and Sun Yat-sen Academic and Cultural Foundation, among other organizations. |
| September 23 |  | President Tsai Ing-wen, Deputy Minister of Culture Yang Zi-bao, Director Liang Yong-fei, Deputy Minister of Education Lin Teng-jiao, Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare Lu Bao-jing, Deputy Director of the Social and Family Affairs Administration Huang Qing-gao, the deputy director of the Department of Social Welfare, and officials from Taipei City Government attended the opening ceremony of the “13th International Joint Exhibition for Artistic Creation by the Physically Challenged” displayed in Cueisi Gallery. This exhibition will be from 9/23 to 10/2. |
| September 25 |  | Former Vice President Vincent Siew, President of the Control Yuan Chang Po-ya, Minister of Justice Chiu Tai-san, and Deputy Mayer of Taipei City Deng Jia-ji, among others, attended the “2nd Awards Ceremony for the Tang Prize” held in the Main Hall. |
| October 1 |  | Secretary General of the Office of the President Zhuo Rong-tai, Directors of the Yang San-lang Foundation Zhou Rui-ting and Chen Cang-xing, Prof. Zhou Cheng, Prof. Jiang Ming-xian, CEO of Yang Ming Cultural Foundation Zhu Tong-ping, President of the Asia Art Center Li Dun-lang, Director of the Liu Lian-wen Cultural Foundation Wang Pi-de, Publisher of Taiwan Art Magazine Wang De-cheng, etc. attended the opening ceremony for the “79th Tai Yang Art Exhibition” displayed at Chung Shan National Gallery. This Exhibition will last from 10/1 to 10/16. |
| October 1 |  | The 2016 Awards Ceremony for the Broadcast Golden Bell Awards held in the Main Hall was jointly hosted by performers Hou Chang-ming and Claudia Lin and was attended by Minister of Culture Zhen Li-jun and Political Deputy Minister Ding Xiao-jing, among others. |
| October 2 |  | More than 300 painters and calligraphers painted for the physically challenged for free at the “2016 International Day of Persons with Disabilities’ Pass Culture and Love Forward, Speak up for the Disabled, and Create for Love Carnival” held jointly by the Hall and the Taiwan Occupation and Skills for the Physically Challenged Association. |
| October 7 |  | A total of 11 Old Photo Memorial Awards and 10 Old Photo Honorable Mentions were selected at the Meeting for the Evaluation of the Historical Development of the Hall and East District, Taipei City. The prizes and certificates of gratitude were given to the winners listed in the activity brochure. |
| October 16 |  | The Hall and the Fund for Children and Families held the “3rd Difficult Life Festival” at Chung Shan Park Plaza. The activities included umbrella sewing and other missions so that participants could experience the difficulties of a disadvantaged family’ life. Furthermore, many performers brought great joy to the disadvantaged children by giving wonderful performances. |
| October 20 |  | The “Archive and Confession of Memories—A Retrospective Exhibition for the 10 Years’ Record of Renovation, in Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of National Taiwan Normal University” is on display at Chung Shan National Gallery from October 20 to October 30. |
| October 20 |  | President of Yuyu Yang Art Education Foundation Yang Han-yan, Director-General of Yuyu Yang Museum Wang Wei-ni, Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Culture Chen Ji-min, Director General of Taiwan Museum of Art Prof. Xiao Qiong-rui, etc. attended the opening ceremony for “Minds Collided—An Exhibition of Yuyu Yang and Yang Feng-shen” on display at Bo-ai Gallery from 10/20 to 11/6. |
| October 30 |  | The conference “In Memory of Sun Yat-sen’s 151st Birthday—Sun Yat-sen’s Thinking and Blueprint to Build a Modern Country” was held. |
| November 2 |  | Chairperson of Kuomintang Hung Hsiu-chu and Deputy Director General of the Hall Yang Tong-hui, among others, attended the opening ceremony for the “Revolution Rising from Cession of Taiwan and the Republic of China Protected Taiwan: An Exhibition in Memory of Sun Yat-sen’s 151st Birthday” on display in the Culture Gallery on the first floor from 11/2 to 12/26. |
| November 2 |  | Director Liang Yong-fei of the Department of Arts Development, Ministry of Culture, Vice President of National Taiwan Normal University Zhen Zhi-fu, Former Minister of Finance Yan Qing-zhang, Former Minister of Portfolio, Executive Yuan Huang Guang-nan, Chair Professor of National Taiwan Normal University Liao Xiu-ping, Director General of the National Museum of History Zhang Yu-teng, and Director General of the Hall Lin Guo-zhang attended the opening ceremony for the “Seasons Down Memory Lane—Su Hsien-fa: A Retrospective” on display at Chung Shan National Gallery from 11/2 to 11/30. |
| November 2 |  | The Hall co-organized the “Grow Trees for Happiness; Pass Love Forward Together” Charity Fair with the Eden Social Welfare Foundation at Chung Shan Park Plaza. Companies and new immigrant families were invited to join the charity fair and partake of social welfare services in order to promote the integration of various ethnic cultures and establish a harmonious society. |
| November 5 |  | Dean Huang Jun-jie of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, National Taiwan University was invited to give a lecture on “New Inspirations of Sun Yat-sen’s Thinking to the Peace of East Asia in the 21st Century” in the “Lectures on Culture” series in November. |
| November 10 |  | The Business Interchange Meeting between the Research and Collection Division, National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Management Office and the Research and Acquisition Division, National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall was held. |
| November 11 |  | The Hall and Overseas Chinese Association co-organized the “Academic Forum in Memory of Sun Yat-sen’s Birthday” at Chung Shan Lecture Hall. |
| November 12 |  | The following activities were held in memory of Sun Yat-sen’s 151st birthday: 1.For “Paying Tribute Together,” Kuomintang, a total of 1761 people, including Former President Ma Ying-jeou, Former Premier Hou Pei-tsun, and people from the New Party, People First Party, and other political parties, associations, and clubs all bowed to the statue of Sun Yat-sen. 2.The Hall and the Chinese Alliance for Solidarity co-organized the “Chorus in Memory of Sun Yat-sen’s 151st Birthday” Concert on the front steps of the Main Hall. Schools choirs of all levels, community choirs, and famous choirs sang the “Sun Yat-sen Memorial Song,” “We Are a Family,” “Plum Blossoms,” “Ode to the Republic of China,” and many other classic songs. |
| November 12 |  | Former National Policy Advisor to the President Wu Dong-ming, Prof. Huang Cheng, Prof. Zhuang Zheng, and Prof. Su Hsian-fa attended the opening ceremony for the “Chungshan Young Artist Awards Exhibition” and the awards ceremony at Boai Gallery from 11/12 to 11/21. |
| November 12 |  | Former President Ma Ying-jeou visited the “Revolution Rising from Cession of Taiwan and the Republic of China Protected Taiwan: An Exhibition in Memory of Sun Yat-sen’s 151st Birthday” on display at the Culture Gallery on the first floor on November 12. |
| November 12 |  | The keynote speech was given by Prof. Huang Yu-he for the Sun Yat-sen: From Opium War to Xinhai Revolution New Book Launch Party. |
| November 12 |  | Issue 20 of Sunology Research was published. |
| November 12 |  | In memory of Sun Yat-sen’s 151st Birthday, the Hall, the National Taiwan College of Performing Arts, and the Chinese Alliance for Solidarity co-organized the performance of the traditional drama “Drama about Sun Yat-sen” in the Auditorium, attracting about 1500 people. |
| November 19-20 |  | The Hall and the Chinese Taipei University Sports Federation co-organized the “2016 Dance Contest for Universities in Taiwan in Memory of Sun Yat-sen’s Birthday” at the main gate square of the Hall, attracting about 2000 viewers over two days |
| November 22-25 |  | The Hall dispatched participants to attend the 28th Sun Yat-sen Soong Ching-ling Joint Meeting at Zhongshan, Guangdong, China. |
| November 25 |  | Sun Yat-sen’s granddaughter-in-law Lin Lun-ke and her son, Sun’s great-grandson Sun Guo-sheng and great-granddaughter-in-law Chen Li-ling paid tribute to the statue of Sun Yat-sen. |
| November 26 |  | Political Deputy Minister Ding Xiao-jing, the Administrative Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Culture, and others attended the “53rd Golden Horse Awards Ceremony” in the Auditorium. |
| November 29 |  | The curator of the Sun Yat-sen Museum in Ipoh, Malaysia, Zhang Ying-jie, visited the Hall and held an interchange forum. Director-General Lin Guo-zhang received him personally. |
| December 1 |  | The DVD film “Happy Marks of East District, Taipei—National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall” was officially played at the exhibition hall and related spaces starting from this month. |
| December 2 |  | Director-General Lin Guo-zhang, Director General of National Palace Museum Lin Zheng-yi, Legislators You Mei-nu, Su Qiao-hui, and Yao Wen-zhi, President of Pu Tian-Sheng Foundation Pu Hao-ming, and Director-General of Pu Tian-Sheng Memorial Museum Pu Hao-zhi, attended the opening ceremony of the “Asakusa and Pu Tian-Sheng Sculpture Exhibition for Three Generations” on display at Boai Gallery from 12/2 to 12/27. |
| December 2 |  | The Hall and I-Shou University co-organized the “Conference on Sun Yat-sen and Development of Cross-Strait Relations.” With a focus on the inspiration of Sun Yat-sen’s thinking for the development of cross-strait relations, a total of 25 papers were published. |
| December 3 |  | Former Senior Advisor to the President Liao Liao-yi, Director-General of the National Museum of History Zhang Yu-teng, Director-General of the Hall Lin Guo-zhang, and former Director-General Wang Fu-lin, among others, attended the opening ceremony of the “40th National Oil Painting Exhibition” on display at Chungshan National Gallery from 12/3 to 12/14. |
| December 4 |  | The Hall co-organized the “Conference on Sun Yat-sen’s Thinking and the Development of the 21st Century” with the Graduate Institute of National Development and Mainland China Studies, the Chinese Culture University, the Sun Yat-sen Academic and Cultural Foundation, the Society for the Study of Religious Philosophy, and the Chinese Alliance for Solidarity. In total, nine papers were published. |
| December 6 |  | Online registration for the 42nd Life Aesthetics Class was made available in combination with the Ministry of Culture’s consolidated information system and the launch of the “Artistic and Cultural Activity Management and Registration System.” In this way, information related to artistic and cultural activities can be integrated and the registration procedure simplified. It provides more convenient services and excellent quality to the general public. |
| December 8 |  | The Sun Yat-sen Studies Database was completed. In 2016, new functions were added, and the data were digitalized. The full text inquiry of the English version of the Three Principles of the People became formally available online. More than 600 conference papers were added as a reference of the general public. |
| December 9 |  | Working with the Society of Overseas Chinese Studies, R.O.C., the Hall held the 2016 “Conference on Sun Yat-sen’s Thinking, Southern Policy, and International Situation” at Chungshan Lecture Hall. A total of 12 papers were published. |
| December 17 |  | Former Vice President Wu Den-yih, former Premier Hao Pei-tsun, former Premier Su Tseng-chang, former President of the Examination Yuan Hsu Shui-teh, Director-General of the Hall Lin Guo-zhang, etc. attended the opening ceremony for the “Joint Exhibition by Au Ho-nien and Chen Ching-jung” on display at Chungshan National Gallery from 12/17 to 12/28. |
| December 19 |  | The Yu Youren Inscription Area at Lake Tswei, Chungshan Park was renovated. Curvy Screen Inscriptions at both sides, the protection facility of the raised monument, and benches were added. The surrounding plants were redesigned to improve beautification. |
| December 23 |  | Director-General of the Hall Lin Guo-zhang hosted the “2016 Talk with the General Public” at Chungshan Lecture Hall. More than 100 neighborhood residents and related personnel attended. |
| December 31 |  | The “Traces of Art—In Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of National Taiwan University of Arts: An Exhibition for Alumni of the Department of Painting and Calligraphy Arts” was on display at Boai Gallery from December 31 to January 9, 2017. |
| December 31 |  | Former Minister of Culture Hong Meng-qi and Director-General of the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts Xiao Zong-huang, among others, attended the opening ceremony for Art Made in Taiwan—2017 Exhibition from the Taiwan Academy of Fine Arts” on display at Chungshan National Gallery from December 31 to January 15, 2017. |