"Taiwan the Formosa" (Chinese: 台灣翠青, pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân Chhùi-chhiⁿ), also "Taiwan the Green", is a poem written (conceived in 1977; finalized in 1993) by Taiwanese poet and clergyman Ti'n Jyi-giokk (Chinese: 鄭兒玉; pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tīⁿ Jî-gio̍k; Cheng Er-yu) set to music between 1988 and 1993 by neo-Romantic Taiwanese composer Tyzen Hsiao (Chinese: 蕭泰然). An English metrical translation was provided by Boris and Clare Anderson.
"Taiwan the Formosa" (Chinese: 台灣翠青, pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân Chhùi-chhiⁿ), also "Taiwan the Green", is a poem written (conceived in 1977; finalized in 1993) by Taiwanese poet and clergyman Ti'n Jyi-giokk (Chinese: 鄭兒玉; pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tīⁿ Jî-gio̍k; Cheng Er-yu) set to music between 1988 and 1993 by neo-Romantic Taiwanese composer Tyzen Hsiao (Chinese: 蕭泰然). An English metrical translation was provided by Boris and Clare Anderson.
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