Liao Tianding

Liao Tianding (Chinese: 廖添丁; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liāu Thiam-teng) is a legendary Taiwanese Robin Hood figure who foiled oppressive rulers when Taiwan was under Japanese rule.

He was born in Taichung in 1883, and caught the attention of Japanese authorities repeatedly, for larceny and robbery, as well as the murder of Chen Liang-chiu. Liao died in 1909, trapped in a cave in present-day Bali District, New Taipei City, with an accomplice, Yang Lin, who had colluded with the police.[1][2]

Liao Tianding was the subject of an extremely popular modern dance composition by Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan.[3] He was also the inspiration for Ma Shui-Lung's Liao Tianding Orchestral Suite, which has been recorded by the Prague Symphony Orchestra.[4] Hanmin Temple in Bali was constructed to memorialize Liao.[5]

Liao Tianding Wanted Order

Notes

  1. ↑ Cheung, Han (November 15, 2015). "From criminal to hero to deity". Taipei Times. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  2. ↑ Saunders, Richard (November 15, 2007). "In the footsteps of Taiwan's Robin Hood". The China Post. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  3. ↑ Yang, Meng-Yu (1998). Cloud Nine:Lin Hwai-Min and Cloud Gate Dance Theatre. Taipei: Tian xia yuan jian chu ban gu fen you xian gong si. pp. 139–142.
  4. ↑ "廖添丁管弦樂組曲 : 馬水龍作曲 / 捷克布拉格交響樂團 演奏, 馬水龍 作曲," Institut fur Sinologie, Universitat Heidelberg
  5. ↑ Buchan, Noah (November 18, 2011). "History: Taiwan’s own Brave Sir Robin". Taipei Times. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
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