Chung Li-ho was a Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

ese novelist. He was a Liutui Hakka

Hakka people

The Hakka , sometimes Hakka Han, are Han Chinese who speak the Hakka language and have links to the provincial areas of Guangdong, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan and Fujian in China....

 (六堆客家人), born in Gaushu, Pingtung

Pingtung County

Pingtung County is a county in Southern Taiwan. Pingtung County is officially administered as a county of the Republic of China . The oldest national park in Taiwan, Kenting National Park, was established in Pingtung County in 1984...

 in 1915, and migrated to Meinong, Kaohsiung County

Kaohsiung County

Kaohsiung County was a county in southern Taiwan that enclosed but did not include Kaohsiung City. On December 25, 2010, the county merged with Kaohsiung City to form a single special municipality.- Administration :-External links:*...

 (now part of Kaohsiung City) in 1932. He also once left Taiwan and resided in Shenyang

Shenyang

Shenyang , or Mukden , is the capital and largest city of Liaoning Province in Northeast China. Currently holding sub-provincial administrative status, the city was once known as Shengjing or Fengtianfu...

 and Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

 between 1936 and 1946. He died in Meinong when he was writing his last work.

Legacy

There is a memorial museum for Chung located in Meinong. His autobiographical novel

Autobiographical novel

An autobiographical novel is a form of novel using autofiction techniques, or the merging of autobiographical and fiction elements. The literary technique is distinguished from an autobiography or memoir by the stipulation of being fiction...

 Yuán Xiāng Rén (原鄉人; literally: The man from the native land) had been dramatized into China My Native Land, a 1980 film that directed by Hsing Lee (李行). And the homonymic theme song for the movie was sung by Teresa Teng

Teresa Teng

Teresa Teng , was an immensely popular and influential Chinese pop singer from Taiwan. Teresa Teng's voice and songs are instantly recognized throughout East Asia and in areas with large Asian populations...

. Additionally, Chung's son Chung Tieh-min (鍾鐵民) is also a writer.

External links

• Digital museum of Chung Li-ho - a website and database built by Taiwan government.