Liao Tianding
Liao Tianding (Chinese: 廖添丁; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liāu Thiam-teng) (1883 – 1909) was a legendary Taiwanese Robin Hood figure who foiled oppressive rulers when Taiwan was under Japanese rule.
He was born in a town (大肚上堡) in Taiwan Prefecture, Qing Taiwan (modern-day Qingshui, Taichung, Taiwan) in 1883, and caught the attention of Japanese authorities repeatedly, for larceny and robbery, as well as the murder of Chen Liang-chiu (陳良久). 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][5] Hanmin Temple in Bali was constructed to memorialize Liao.[6]
Notes
- ^ Cheung, Han (15 Nov 2015). "From criminal to hero to deity". Taipei Times. p. 12. Retrieved 21 Nov 2015.
- ^ Saunders, Richard (15 Nov 2007). "In the footsteps of Taiwan's Robin Hood". The China Post. Retrieved 21 Nov 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ma Shui-Long (2011). 台灣傳奇 廖添丁管弦樂組曲 [Legend of Taiwan : orchestral suite of chivalrous Liao Tian-Ding]. Taipei: 邱再興文教基金會. ISBN 9574187411.
- ^ 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 für Sinologie, Universitat Heidelberg.
- ^ Buchan, Noah (18 Nov 2011). "History: Taiwan's own Brave Sir Robin". Taipei Times. p. 14. Retrieved 21 Nov 2015.
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