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Category：Photograph

Material:Paper

Year：1988

Size:Length:33 x Width:49 (cm)

Introduction：On January 13, 1988, Chiang Ching-Kuo passed away. The memorial service was held at the Huaiyuan Hall of Taipei Veterans General Hospital on January 14, and his casket was moved to the National Revolutionary Martyrs’ Shrine in Yuanshan, Taipei, on January 22. Chiang granted an interview with Time in 1985, in which he stated that the next president would be elected in accordance with the constitution, and would not be one of the Chiang family members. This picture shows the Chiang family members kneeling down to bid farewell to the hearse before the moving of Chiang’s casket. After Liu Chen-Hsiang, who was at the time a photojournalist at China Times Weekly, took this picture, photo editor Hsiao Chia-Ching thought that it had special meanings, indicating the end of an era, and eagerly recommended this picture to be on the front page of China Times the next day.

Chung Yi-Chieh, National Center of Photography and Images Collection Metadata, 2020

Media and Techniques：Gelatin silver print

Accession number:NCP2016-037-0005