NCKU touts efforts to preserve cultural heritage on campus
Tainan, Taiwan, 3 July 2012
National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, held a news press conference in Taipei June 28 to share the school’s historical treasures and to call for joint efforts among educational institutes nationwide to preserve cultural heritage on campus.
Dr. Hong-Sen Yan, vice president of NCKU, hosted the conference, in which he shared his experience in planning and preserving NCKU’s historical heritage.
A university should identify its distinctive characteristic and grow with it to achieve excellence in education, said Dr. Yan, adding that it takes time and effort to keep the artifacts with historical significance.
Dr. Kuang-Nan Huang, minister without portfolio of the Executive Yuan, Academician Ovid Tzeng of Academia Sinica, and Mr. Chen-Yu Nien, deputy director of Bureau of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture, were present at the conference on behalf of their organizations.
They praised NCKU for its resolution and dedication to preserving the school’s historical assets.
Many world-renowned universities have their archives to keep the non-current records of the university, allowing the tradition and the spirit to pass down, according to Tzeng, who said NCKU’s aspiration to enlighten the students with the historical heritage is admirable.
Dr. Huang emphasized the importance of time and resources in promoting cultural heritage. He noted that people are the key elements of culture assets.
NCKU holds numerous valuable historical artifacts, including an Edison generator, BK24 locomotive steam engine, and collections of teaching aids.
Exhibitions showing not only artifacts but also stories of NCKU are the essence of the culture heritage, including the School History Exhibition, Exhibition of Purdue-NCKU Project, Exhibition on Ancient Locks and A Glance of Professor Su Xuelin’s Study.
NCKU Museum, established in 2007, is the first museum set up on campus in Taiwan for collecting, preserving and exhibiting significant historical artifacts of the university, according to Ching-Hwei Chue, director of NCKU Museum.
Chue emphasized that cultural properties on campus are an important part of university education.
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National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, held a news press conference in Taipei June 28 to share the school’s historical treasures and to call for joint efforts among educational institutes nationwide to preserve cultural heritage on campus.
Dr. Hong-Sen Yan, vice president of NCKU, hosted the conference, in which he shared his experience in planning and preserving NCKU’s historical heritage.
A university should identify its distinctive characteristic and grow with it to achieve excellence in education, said Dr. Yan, adding that it takes time and effort to keep the artifacts with historical significance.
Dr. Kuang-Nan Huang, minister without portfolio of the Executive Yuan, Academician Ovid Tzeng of Academia Sinica, and Mr. Chen-Yu Nien, deputy director of Bureau of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture, were present at the conference on behalf of their organizations.
They praised NCKU for its resolution and dedication to preserving the school’s historical assets.
Many world-renowned universities have their archives to keep the non-current records of the university, allowing the tradition and the spirit to pass down, according to Tzeng, who said NCKU’s aspiration to enlighten the students with the historical heritage is admirable.
Dr. Huang emphasized the importance of time and resources in promoting cultural heritage. He noted that people are the key elements of culture assets.
NCKU holds numerous valuable historical artifacts, including an Edison generator, BK24 locomotive steam engine, and collections of teaching aids.
Exhibitions showing not only artifacts but also stories of NCKU are the essence of the culture heritage, including the School History Exhibition, Exhibition of Purdue-NCKU Project, Exhibition on Ancient Locks and A Glance of Professor Su Xuelin’s Study.
NCKU Museum, established in 2007, is the first museum set up on campus in Taiwan for collecting, preserving and exhibiting significant historical artifacts of the university, according to Ching-Hwei Chue, director of NCKU Museum.
Chue emphasized that cultural properties on campus are an important part of university education.
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