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33-577: The National Day of the Republic of China , also referred to as Double Ten Day or Double Tenth Day , is a public holiday on 10 October, now held annually as national day in the Republic of China (ROC, commonly known as Taiwan). It commemorates the start of the Wuchang Uprising on 10 October 1911 which ultimately led to the establishment of the Republic of China on 1 January 1912, and

66-726: A historical event rather than celebration to the founding of the Republic of China. Following the consequence of the Chinese Civil War , the ROC government lost control of mainland China to the Chinese Communist Party and retreated to the island of Taiwan in December 1949. The National Day is now mainly celebrated in Taiwan Area , thus the name “Taiwan National Day” is also used by some groups, but it

99-925: A medical doctor by training, received financial support mainly from the overseas Chinese communities abroad to overthrow the imperial Qing dynasty and establish the second republic in Asia in 1912. Outside Taiwan, the National Day is also celebrated by many Overseas Chinese communities. Sizable National Day parades occur yearly in the Chinatowns of San Francisco and Chicago . Public holidays in Taiwan The following are considered holidays in Taiwan . Some are official holidays, and some are not: The following holidays are also observed on Taiwan but are not official holidays observed by civil servants of

132-598: A woman and her baby in front of the Central Weather Bureau building in downtown Taipei . The other two remaining F-104 aircraft were ordered to look for the crashed aircraft and accidentally collided and crashed in Tucheng City , Taipei County (now New Taipei City ), killing both pilots. The parade was not held again until 1971 (the 60th anniversary), while the mobile column and flypast segments returned in 1975. When Chen Shui-bian became president,

165-524: Is also celebrated by many overseas Chinese communities . Double Ten Day can be referred to variety of names such as the National Day of China or Chinese National Day when the ROC was in power in mainland China and as the internationally recognized government of "China" until the 1970s. Another name Taiwan National Day , is also used but in dispute as the ROC was founded in 1912, contemporarily Taiwan

198-561: Is to hire hooligans to beat people up." He had been living in Hong Kong at the time and following the attacks he vowed to leave stating "People in Hong Kong used peaceful means at street events to express their views, but the Chinese government used cruel means of suppression, including beatings. It really made me angry. So I decided to never go to China, Hong Kong or Macau again." Tsao is a noted art collector. He began collecting art in

231-525: The 2019 Yuen Long attack . Tsao recounted "At that time, I had dinner with a top Chinese official. He told me the way to proceed was to hire hooligans to work with police officers to beat up protesters, then Hong Kongers would not defy the Chinese government." The ensuing Yuen Long attack "showed the true face of the Chinese Communist Party, a hooligan regime conducting violence against ordinary people... If it cannot get its way, its solution

264-649: The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). He left ITRI to found UMC in 1980. In 1988 he visited Beijing and met with Jiang Zemin . In 2001, UMC moved into China by setting up Hejian Technology (Suzhou) Co. in Jiangsu . This led to Tsao being charged in 2005 with violating the Business Entity Accounting Act. He was found not guilty in 2010. Tsao became disillusioned with China following

297-705: The collapse of the imperial Qing dynasty , ending 2,133 years of imperial rule of China since the Qin dynasty . The day was once held as public holiday in mainland China during the Mainland Period of the ROC before 1949. The subsequent People's Republic of China continues to observe the Anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution at the same date but not as a public holiday , which emphasize more on its revolutionary characteristics as commemoration of

330-476: The lion dance and drum teams, and cultural features coming from Taiwanese aborigines are integrated into the display in recent years. Later in the day, the president of the Republic of China would address the country and fireworks displays are held throughout the major cities of the island. In 2009, all government sponsored festivities for the Double Ten Day were cancelled, and the money intended for

363-408: The 1990s with jadeite before expanding to archaic bronzes. After buying his first jade pieces Tsao did extensive research, discovering that all of the pieces he had bought were fakes. In 2000, Tsao acquired a Qianlong period glass vase for a then record HK$ 24 million from Joseph Lau . In 2019 he sold the vase for HK$ 180 million. Tsao was a patron of Zhu Dequn . His collection is known as

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396-466: The Le Cong Tang collection. Following the 2022 US Congressional Delegation visit to Taiwan and aggressive Chinese military reaction toward Taiwan, Tsao pledged US$ 100 million to Taiwan's national defense in the interest of "safeguarding freedom, democracy, and human rights." It formerly aimed to train a civilian self-defense militia and sharpshooters , but due to strict Taiwanese gun laws ,

429-547: The ROC Government as London recognized Beijing in 1950, shortly after the PRC's founding and it was postponed. The former Portuguese colony of Macau had celebrated the ROC national day as a public holiday until the government of Portugal cut its relations as Lisbon recognizes Beijing in 1979. After the civil war in mainland China, the National Day was celebrated in regions inhabited by Chinese patriots who remained loyal to

462-604: The ROC's Double Ten Day in line with the holidays in mainland China. Chris Tang claimed in September 2021 that celebrations in Hong Kong for Double Ten Day could risk breaching the national security law . The event in Macau is commemorated under the name of the Xinhai Revolution Memorial Day. Overseas Chinese played a key role in the birth of the ROC since the nation's founding father Sun Yat-sen ,

495-480: The Republic. Before the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred to the PRC in 1997 and Macau also transferred in 1999, many ROC supporters there would display patriotic and colourful flags (mainly the national flag of ROC ) to celebrate the National Day. Taiwan agencies in Hong Kong and Macau have annually held a public ceremony to celebrate the National Day of ROC with members of pro-ROC private groups. The day continues to be celebrated in Hong Kong and Macau after

528-519: The central government. Some sectors of the workforce may have time off on some of the following holidays, such as Labor Day, Armed Forces Day, and Teachers' Day. Before 1949, a number of public holidays were celebrated by certain ethnic minorities in regions within the ROC, which were decided by local governments and entities. Since 1949, these holidays continued to be celebrated by ethnic groups as such in Taiwan Area only. Robert Tsao Tsao

561-505: The end of the addresses by the president of the Republic of China was not held for the first time in 2016. It was also the very year that fire and police services joined the parade for the first time in history, breaking the tradition of an exclusively-military parade to include personnel from civil uniformed services. (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6) (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) Until 1991, following

594-417: The festivals (NT$ 70 million) were reallocated for reconstruction of the damage done by Typhoon Morakot . In 2022 former President Ma Ying-jeou , who opposes the styling of the holiday as Taiwan National Day, publicly called for current President Tsai Ing-wen to stop using the name Taiwan National Day in material associated with the holiday. His view was criticized by Robert Tsao as obsolete. Because of

627-573: The helicopters of all three service branches, together with those of the National Police Agency , National Fire Agency and Coast Guard Administration after the ground column segment is concluded. The mobile column, for many years, served as a crowd favorite of National Day civil-military parades, since in this segment the ROC shows off to its people the advanced and modern military equipment and vehicles in service and those being introduced, many of them nationally produced, for use by

660-588: The lack of direct relations between the origin of the holiday and Taiwan in modern Taiwan the holiday is widely believed to be slightly absurd but is still widely celebrated. Traditionally, the Republic of China Armed Forces (ROCAF) have staged a military parade. During prior parades, troops and equipment march past a reviewing platform in front of the Presidential Office Building . Typically, foreign ambassadors , military officers, and other representatives and dignitaries are invited to view

693-623: The later part could not proceed. Instead, it focused on funding the civil defense group Kuma Academy which provides training for first aid , disaster response , open-source intelligence analysis , and self-defense . In October 2024, the government of China's Taiwan Affairs Office said that it would sanction and "punish" Tsao and Puma Shen for their support of the academy. Tsao has two sons who hold Taiwanese citizenship. In 2011, he moved to Singapore and renounced his Taiwanese citizenship. In 2022, Tsao renounced his Singaporean citizenship and reinstated his Taiwanese citizenship. Tsao

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726-740: The opening report by the Parade commander, usually a lieutenant general or vice admiral of the ROCAF, the massed military bands of the ROC Armed Forces, led by the Senior Drum Major, would take their positions in the parade, playing the ROC Armed Forces March, a medley of the official songs of the service branches of the armed forces. Then the parade would march past, in the following sequence, with minor variations over

759-473: The parade formations presented arms in the presence of the President and all the unit colours and guidons also dipped in their presence. After all the units in the ground column marched past the grandstand, they would reassemble at the center of the road for a holiday address delivered by the President to the ROCAF and the country, marking the close of the parade. The parade has been held intermittently during

792-489: The parade was not held until 2007 and then it was entitled a "Celebration Drill" and not a traditional military parade. Since Ma Ying-jeou became president, one parade has been held on the centenary celebrations of the Double Tenth Day, and another on the 105th, the only one under Tsai Ing-wen's presidency. The tradition of shouting " Long live the Republic of China!" ( 中華民國萬歲 ; Zhonghua Mingguo Wansui! ) at

825-468: The parade. Following the National Anthem and the firing of a 21-gun salute , the parade commander, a general-ranked officer of any of the service branches of the ROCAF, would then be driven to the front of the grandstand to request permission from the President to commence the parade proper. Until 1975, the President also inspected the parade formations while riding a vehicle, as each battalion of

858-509: The period of the Republic of China on Taiwan. The military parade on 10 October 1949, was the first public military parade held in Taiwan with Chen Cheng serving as the Grand Review Officer. The 1964 National Day parade was struck by tragedy when a low flying air force F-104 Starfighter fighter aircraft struck a Broadcasting Corporation of China tower, causing the plane's fuel tank to fall and kill three people including

891-675: The private sector. As the Chinese Communist Party became the official government of mainland China in 1949, 10 October is now celebrated in the People's Republic of China as the anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution and the Wuchang Uprising . The former British colony of Hong Kong celebrated the ROC National Day as a public holiday until the government of the United Kingdom cut its diplomatic relations with

924-485: The raising of the flag of the Republic of China in front of the Presidential Office Building , along with a public singing of the National Anthem of the Republic of China . It is then followed by celebrations in front of the Presidential Office Building; from time to time, a military parade may occur. Festivities also include many aspects of traditional Chinese and/or Taiwanese culture, such as

957-498: The servicemen and women of the ROCAF, and since 2016, the state civil security institutions. As in every parade, the ROCMP's motorcycle column leads off the mobile column segment, followed by (as of 2016): Alongside the military and civil security mobile column, in the parades of the 70s and 80s and in more recent parades, a civil mobile column is present, composed of vehicles from the automobile and truck companies, state-owned firms, and

990-431: The transfer of sovereignty to the mainland, but the national flags publicly shown have been removed by Police of Hong Kong since July 1997 and by Police of Macau since December 1999. Flag-raising ceremony at Hung Lau , Tuen Mun, Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary base, is the most noticeable yearly event, organized by Johnny Mak . Since 2020, the event was celebrated as the PRC's Anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution rather than

1023-523: The years: The parade's flypast segment was for many years organized in like manner as in the Bastille Day military parade . First, while the honor guard departs from the presidential grandstand the training, fighter and transport aircraft of the ROC Air Force, the transport and anti-submarine aircraft of ROCN Naval Aviation and transport planes of ROCA Army Aviation fly past first, followed by

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1056-461: Was born in 1947 in Beijing. A year and a half later, he moved with his family to Taiwan because his father had taken a job there teaching Mandarin as part of a Kuomintang (KMT) campaign of sinicization in the former Japanese colony . He was one of six siblings. He attended National Taiwan University , majoring in electrical engineering and management. After finishing school, Tsao went to work at

1089-526: Was ruled by Japan . The name "Taiwan National Day" has been criticized by former ROC president Ma Ying-jeou . During the establishment of the Republic of China , Taiwan and Penghu were under Japanese rule , which began in 1895. In 1945, after surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II , Taiwan and Penghu were placed under the control of the ROC. In Taiwan, the official celebration begins with

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