Taitung County Mayor Rao Qingling today issued a letter of appointment to appoint Sun Dachuan as the honorary director of the main library of Taitung County Library.

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[Reporter Huang Mingtang/Taitung Report] Tai County Mayor Rao Qingling specially appointed Sun Dachuan, a descendant of Taitung and former vice president of the Supervisory Yuan, as the honorary director of the main library of Taitung County Library. Collection, preservation, management, service, promotion, and South Island characteristics of the general map, providing directions and functional suggestions for related software and hardware.

Rao Qingling said that Sun Dachuan was born in the Binlang tribe in Beinan Township, Taitung County. He has a master's degree in Sinology from the University of Leuven in Belgium. , also met aboriginal writers and founded the "Shanhai Culture Magazine". His literary research, literary criticism and calligraphy are highly accomplished, and he is a treasure in Taiwan's art and literary circles.

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Qingling Rao said that the importance of Taitung in the Austronesian language family has been proved by many phenomena such as archeology, customs, life style and culture. He hoped to draw on Sun Dachuan's expertise to construct the collection characteristics of the General Map of Taitung County, which mainly focuses on Austronesian culture.

The Cultural Office of Taitung County Government stated that in the future, the newly built museum will become a new stronghold of Taitung's cultural style, hoping to connect South Island culture and reading behavior in order to create a reading brand in Taitung City.