Han Sheng 55th year exhibition held till July 28
Han Sheng 55th year exhibition held till July 28
2025-07-16
An exhibition celebrating 55 years of Han Sheng Magazine is now underway at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park. The show explores the magazine’s vision of its legacy in preserving and promoting folk culture, design, and education. FTV reporter Stephany Yang gives us some highlights!
The exhibition offers a behind-the-scenes look into Han Sheng’s editorial process, featuring handwritten notes and field sketches by its editors and reporters. It showcases the magazine’s meticulous approach to cultural documentation. That includes the extensive research behind features about the Huishan Clay Figurines, a traditional folk art from Wuxi with over 400 years of history. As well as the in-depth reporting of Organic Reports, which explored Taiwan’s early organic farming movement.
Shih Cheng-yi
Curator
How did the experienced editors choose their topics back then? They focused on grassroots life among the common people, which still exists today. Or if something is on the verge of disappearing, like the Huishan clay figurines featured in this exhibition, they would pay special attention to it. The second criterion is urgent issues, for example, organic farming reports, which are related to the topic of pesticides. Not only were they very clear about their topic selection, but they also had specific research methods. When you’re researching something, what must you pay attention to? There are the ’4 Methods and 16 Principles,’ which we unveil in the exhibition.
Han Sheng was established in 1971 as a cultural publication and design studio to preserve and promote traditional folk arts, crafts, and culture. This exhibition celebrates 55 years of Han Sheng Magazine by exploring the magazine’s legacy, story, and future aspirations.
Shih Cheng-yi
Curator
In January 1971, Han Sheng published its magazine in English, to balance cultural exchange between East and West. At the time, the founder Wu Mei-yun, Linda, believed that Taiwan was too superficially or even negatively perceived abroad. Therefore, the magazine aimed to introduce Taiwan’s folk culture and everyday life. The first issue featured topics like Mazu worship and stinky tofu. Later issues introduced many artists, such as Ju Ming in his younger years, and folk artists working with materials like red copper. They later explored themes like food, clothing, housing, transportation, and entertainment. By 1978, the magazine transitioned to a Chinese edition, to bridge tradition and modernity, as many historical sites in Taiwan were being discarded or demolished at that time. The Chinese edition aimed to preserve folk culture. They produced 161 issues, forming a kind of cultural gene bank or a database of folk traditions. Now, it is being transformed into a digital archive, allowing more people in creative fields, such as designers, curators, artists, and photographers, to access and utilize it.
The exhibit is split into six themes and will be held at the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park until July 28.
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「漢聲五十五：本來．未來」紀念展 以展覽重溫兒時回憶
2025-07-16
由財團法人漢聲文教基金會主辦的「漢聲五十五：本來．未來」紀念展，在松山文創園區北向製菸工廠展出。《漢聲》長期關注民間文化與生活，展覽探索該雜誌如何保護和推廣民間文化、設計和教育。
展覽將帶您一窺《漢聲》雜誌的幕後編輯歷程，透過編輯和記者們親筆撰寫的筆記和實地素描，展現該雜誌對文化記錄的嚴謹態度，包括對擁有400多年歷史的惠山泥人無錫傳統民間藝術的深入研究，以及對台灣早期有機農業運動進行深入探究的《有機報告》。
[[策展人 施承毅]]
"當時的前輩如何挑選呢?他們挑選民間草根的生活，這個草根的生活還活生生的存在，如果是瀕臨危險的，比如說這次展出的惠山泥人，這個手藝快要消失，他們會特別關注。第二個就是迫切的議題，譬如說《有機報告》，在跟農藥的議題有關，他們除了選題非常確定以外，接下來就有調研新法，你去調研一個東西一定要注意到什麼東西?就有4法16則，我們在展覽有展出"
《漢聲》雜誌成立於1971年，是一家致力於保護和推廣傳統民間藝術、工藝和文化的文化出版和設計工作室。本次展覽將透過探索雜誌的傳承、故事和未來願景，慶祝《漢聲》雜誌創刊55週年。
[[策展人 施承毅]]
"漢聲在1971年的一月先出雜誌英文版，目的是平衡東西文化交流，當時創辦人吳美雲Linda，認為在國外認識台灣都太表面了，甚至很負面，因此除了英文版來介紹在台灣發生的民間文化、生活。所以第一期介紹媽祖信仰以及臭豆腐，接下來，還有介紹了很多藝術家，像是朱銘年輕的時候、紅銅，這些民間藝術家。接下來，去看食衣住行娛樂。後來1978年就變成中文版本，目的就是銜接傳統與現代，因為當時的台灣很多古蹟都丟掉了、拆掉了，所以想要用中文版來保護民間文化，做了161期的民間文化的基因庫，現在的基因庫要專程數位典藏，能夠讓更多的做創意，做設計的，做策展、美術、攝影的人都能夠取用"
「漢聲五十五：本來．未來」展覽，分為六個主題展區，於7月5日至7月28日在松山文創園區北向製菸工廠盛大展出。
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