In 1992, Qiu Hong Xiang from Manli Culture Studio, in collaboration with Taiwan Pen Association and the Chung Li-ho Literary Foundation, held the "Taiwan, Beautiful Mother: 1992 Humanistic Perspective. The Respective of Yang Kui and Zhong Li-he" at the Eslite Bookstore Taipei World Trade Center Store. The exhibition featured manuscripts, books, and memorabilia of Yang Kui and Zhong Li-Ho, as well as photographs of the two writers, which were particularly important for the Yang Kui documentary films of the 1990s.
Yang Kui, who had lived in Tunghai Garden since the 1960s, had been visited by many writers since the mid-1970s. His photographs were featured in newspaper reports and interviews at the time, both long-range and close-ups. In hindsight, Yang Kui's photographs were probably the most numerous of any writer of his generation. "The Respective of Yang Kui and Zhong Li-he" was a simple document exhibition, but it was undoubtedly the first time that Yang Kui's image had been presented through a "montage of images." This collection of photographs, which had already been seen for over 20 years, was also an important source of material for independent filmmaker Huang Mingchuan, who began filming the documentary "Taiwan Literature” Literary Documentaries: "Yang Kui" (1997) two or three years later. Looking back on history, the exhibition hinted at the first version of Yang Kui's "biographical image." The book "Yang Kui Photo Collection" (1992), published in conjunction with the "The Respective of Yang Kui and Zhong Li-he," shows that the photographs on display were extremely rich, spanning the 1920s to the 1980s, and included family photos of Yang Kui and Yeh Tao, snapshots of everyday life, Yang Kui's manuscripts, and a small number of woodblock prints depicting Yang Kui himself and his works. "Yang Kui Photo Collection" can be seen as the second version of Yang Kui's "biographical image."
If the 1992 exhibition and its photo book “Yang Kui Photo Collection” were the "pre-documentary" version of documentary "Yang Kui," then the "Literary Concert" of the "Yang Kui and Zhong Lihe Retrospective Exhibition" (September 27 and October 4, 1992) was the original version of the songs and creative teams in the Crystal Records "Literature Voice" series album "Yang Kui: Mother Goose Gets Married" (1993).
Curator Qiu Hong Xiang invited Chu Yueh-Hsin to expand his repertoire and hold two concerts at the exhibition venue because Chu Yueh-Hsin had written the song "Rose" (lyrics: Lin Lianche; music: Chu Yueh-Hsin) for Yang Kui in the album "Roadside Banquet (I)" (1991, Crystal Records). Chu Yueh-Hsin invited Eason Lee Kun-Cheng , Lin Lianche, Shiao Fu-Tr, and Chun-Chieh Chen to write lyrics, compose music, and perform, and they sang a total of 12 songs, including songs that had already been released before 1992. The song themes were divided into three categories: Yang Kui's Street Theater plays, new songs dedicated to Yang Kui or Yeh Tao, and songs taken from Yang Kui's literary works.
Notes on "Taiwan, Beautiful Mother: 1992 Humanistic Perspective. The Respective of Yang Kui and Zhong Li-he" Yang Kui Concert Program
1. "Wild Chrysanthemum in Autumn" Vernacular Quartet (lyrics by Vent Teng, music by Calvin Teng , published in 1977) *Written for Yang Kui
2. "Flower Seller Granny" sung by Shiao Fu-Tr (lyrics by Eason Lee Kun-Cheng, music by Shiao Fu-Tr, 1992) *Written for Yeh Tao
3. "The Indomitable Rose" sung by Chu Yueh-Hsin (lyrics by Lin Lianche, music by Chu Yueh-Hsin, published in 1991) *Yang Kui's novel of the same name
4. "The Newspaper Carrier" sung by Chu Yueh-Hsin and Shiao Fu-Tr (lyrics by Eason Lee Kun-Cheng, music by Chu Yueh-Hsin, 1992) *Novel of the same name by Yang Kui
5. "Mother Goose Gets Married" sung by Chu Yueh-Hsin and Shiao Fu-Tr (lyrics by Lin Liangzhe, music by Chu Yueh-Hsin, 1992) *Novel of the same name by Yang Kui
6. "Fig" sung by Chen Chunjie (lyrics by Lin Lianche, music by Chu Yueh-Hsin, published in the collection "Roadside Banquet(1)" published by PolyGram Records in 1991) * Wu Chuo-liu's novel of the same name
7. "Never Disregard Our Homeland " sung by Chun-Chieh Chen (lyrics by Lin Yang-Min, music by Tyzen Hsiao).It was probably published in the 1979 Chiu Chui-Chen's album "Songs of Taiwan Volume 5," published by Avanguard Publishing House, and in Christine Hsu’s album "Really Want to Fly" in 1991, published by Ching Mei Records. * Taiwanese poet Lin Yang-Min's work in 1987
8. "All For You" sung by Chu Yueh-Hsin (lyrics by Chuang Yung-Ming, music by Chu Yueh-Hsin, published in "Chu Yueh-Hsin's Live Works Collection II" published by Crystal Records in 1991)* Works by Taiwanese poet Chuang Yung-Ming
9. "A Lone Bird" sung by Shiao Fu-Tr (lyrics by Ming-Jen Chen, music by Wang Ming-Je, published in Wang Ming-Je's album "Taiwan Soul" published by yam in 1991) * Works by Taiwanese poet Ming-Jen Chen, dedicated to Lee Ying-Yuan
10. "Harvest Dance" sung by Chu Yueh-Hsin, Chun-Chieh Chen, and Mei-Mang Lin (lyrics by Yang Kui, Hakka folk songs) *Soundtrack for Yang Kui's street drama "Harvest Dance" (1956)
11. "Plow Pulling Song" sung by Chun-Chieh Chen, Shiao Fu-Tr and Chu Yueh-Hsin (lyrics: compiled from traditional songs by Yang Kui) *Soundtrack for Yang Kui's drama "Chikan Pioneer" (1955), soundtrack for the drama "March of Retrocession" (1956)
12. "The Foolish Old Man Moves the Mountains" (lyrics by Yang Kui, music by Li Shuang-tze, sung by Yang Zujun in 1977)