Archives
Database of Han wooden slips collected in the IHP
The digital collection is the Han wooden slips collected in the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica. The majority of the collections (about more than 11,000 pieces) are the "Han Chu-yen Wooden Slips" excavated in the Edsen-gol River, Inner Mongolia and Gansu Province by the Swedish archaeologist Folke Bergman between the years of 1930 to 1931.
Database of The Grand Secretariat Archives in IHP
The Grand Secretariat Archives housed in the Institute of History and Philology consist of approximately 310,000 items. These include imperial edicts, court letters, source materials collected for compiling historical writings, examination papers, confidential documents of foreign nations, inter-office correspondences of the Grand Secretariat, and so on.
Catalogue Database of Qing Palace Memorials and Archives of the Grand Council
The National Palace Museum has a collection of over 150 thousand Qing palace memorials and over 190 thousand items in the archives of the Grand Council. The former includes memorials written in the Chinese language, Manchu language, and a combination of both. Archives of the Grand Council are copies, but it does not reduce their value as historic materials because they contain lists, tables and charts from the memorials.
Database of Biographical Packets and Drafts from the Archives of the Ch’ing Historiography Institute
This database digitizes all biographies of the Qing Dynasty’s Historiography Institute (1690-1911) and Qing Historiographer’s Office (1914-1928) collected by the National Palace Museum. This batch of biographical data contains over 15,000 important government officials of the Qing Dynasty, including some 3,500 “biographical packets,” some 8,300 “biographical drafts,” and some 1,270 volumes of the “Biographical Materials of Qing Historical Figures.”
Qing Palace Memorials Regarding Taiwan Historical Documents
This system selects Qing palace memories and deliberation memorials regarding Taiwan collected in the National Palace Museum. The selection was published in the form of a CD for more convenient access by users. Qing palace memorials refers to the Grand Council’s copies of memorial or records of memorials presented; Deliberation memorials refers to the Grand Council’s records of deliberations at the emperor’s command. Besides copies of memorials, there are also reports, notification, memorandums, lists, and Chinese translations of memorials.
Database Search System of the Archives, Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica
The archives collected at the Institute of Modern History include records of diplomatic archives (1860s-1970s), economic archives (1903-1980s), personal papers, etc. The total length of all the files is approximately 10,000 meters. This address links to several database including a search system of the Archives of the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, and a search system for domestic and foreign maps.
Ming-Qing and Republic Archives Cross-Database Search Platform
The platform offers online search across databases including the palace memorials and Grand Council copies of palace memorials in the National Palace Museum, the diplomatic and economic records in the Institute of Modern History, and the Grand Secretariat Archives in the Institute of History and Philology.
Online Public Access Catalogue for the Digital Resource of IHP
The collections of the Institute of History and Philology are divided into five categories: archaeological excavations, bronze and stone rubbings, rare books, ethnic minorities, and Grand Secretariat archives, with a total of 12 digital archive databases. The system integrates these databases on a single interface for users to search.
National Taiwan University Digital Taiwan-Related Archives Project
The database contains digitized images and texts in The Tan-Hsin Archive, The Manuscripts of Kanori Ino, Rubbings of Taiwan Cultural Relics, The Yasusada Tashiro Collection, Lyric Books of Taiwanese Opera, and The V. S. de Beausset Collection.
Taiwan Memory
The National Central Library has accumulated an abundance of Taiwan historical materials over the years, including Taiwan postcards during the Japanese colonial period, old photos of various places, old books, local gazetteers, old contracts, genealogy, stone tablet rubbings, videos, and digital media files of the daily evening news of TTV since 1962.
Taiwan Archival Information System
The system collects folk documents, personal and family files and official files, including contracts, account books, letters, official documents, as well as photos, postcards, maps, and photo albums. As of April 2013, about 30,000 items have been accessible on the system, with nearly 1.5 million digital images.
Taiwan Sotokufu Archives Search System
The digital archives system built by Academia Sinica and Taiwan Historica contains official documents of permanent, fifteen-year, five-year and one-year maintenance, also including the official documents of the Extraordinary Taiwan Land Survey Bureau, Forestry Research Committee, and Civil Engineering Bureau.
Japanese Colonial Period and Early Postwar Period Archives Search System
The archive holds many precious official documents during the Japanese colonial period and postwar period, including a complete collection of official historical materials during the Japanese colonial period, and the Taiwan Provincial Administrative Executive Office Archives (5,226 volumes) in the early postwar period. Also, the archives of Taiwan provincial-level institutions are the first-hand historical materials for postwar Taiwan.
Taiwan Agicultural History Digital Archives During the Japanese Colonial Period
Taiwan agricultural historical materials during the Japanese Coloninal Period are digitized to build an academic database and website free for use by the general public, serving as the platform for promoting Taiwan agricultural history studies, teaching and learning, and international exchange.
Academia Historica Digital Archives Search System
This system integrates the catalogues and image files of the collections of the Academia Historica Digital Archive Project, including the Archives of the National Government, Collection of President Chiang Kai-shek, Archives of the National Resources Commission, Archives of the Land Administration Department of Taiwan Provincial Government, Collection of President Chiang Ching-kuo, Collection of President Lee Teng-Hui, Collection of Vice President Chen Cheng, etc.
Academia Historica Collections Online Search
The system provides access to historical archives the Academia Historica collected from government, private organizations and persons. They can be categorized into 8 groups, including presidential archives, documents, special collections, personal archives, photographes, multimedia, and microfilms.
Digitization Project of Historical Materials of the Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council
The Project digitizes the historical materials in the Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council, including files during the period of Taiwan Provincial Legislature, Provisional Provincial Assembly and Taiwan Provincial Assembly, and materials such as gazettes, journals and videos of interpellation sessions. The digital archive not only promotes the preservation and utilization of historical materials, but also serves as a model for digitization technology and software development.
Database of Taiwan Modern Medical Artifacts
Built by the National Taiwan University Medical Library and the Secretariat Office of National Taiwan University Hospital, the database contains important and special medical artifacts, photos amd books, which can help understand Taiwan medical history before and after World War II.
Taiwan Local Documents Image Database
The database provides digital images of local documents held by the National Central Library, libraries of local cultural affairs bureaus, Taipei City Archives, local cultural museums, and culture and history studios.
Fulltext
Scripta Sinica
The project for the Scripta Sinica database began in 1984. The first aim of this project was to digitize all documents essential to research in traditional Sinology. Secondly, a full-text database was established for academic research. Until present, Scripta Sinica is the largest Chinese full text database to encompass an enormous breadth of historical materials of this scale. More than 811 titles （new titles）are included in the database.
Digital Database of Buddhist Tripitaka Catalogues
The website provides multi-lingual search across the Buddhist Tripitaka catalogues. Also, combined with GIS, the Buddhist Lexicon Index and Temporal-Spatial Information Search Platform is built to present the Buddhist texts and terms in the context of time and space.
Taiwanese Vernacular Literature Archive
The literary works in Taiwan Church News, including essays and reportage, are collected to build the "Taiwanese Vernacular Literature Archive", which offers researchers of Taiwanese literature more complete information about vernacular literature, and helps develop related local research in Taiwan.
Database of the Taiwan Literature Series
Taiwan Literature Series were collections of literature related to Taiwan studies, edited and published by the Economic Research Department, Bank of Taiwan from 1957 to 1972. The content can be divided into three categories: first, Taiwan Gazetteer, Taiwan Prefecture Gazetteer, and various county and subprefecture gazetteers, including the revised versions; second, interview booklets of various places and related gazetteers and atlas; third, records and materials complementing the local gazeteers.
Taiwan Diary Database
The database includes full texts of diaries and annotations, totalling about 6.47 million words and nearly 20,000 annotations, and it continues to add diaries from different diarists. The system is built on the Wiki platform, providing timeline browsing and full-text search, and the search results can be further divided according to time, showing different diarists' records of the same day.
Anthropology
Archaeodata
There are two sets of archaeological data and related information housed in the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica. Archaeological data collected before 1949 was recovered from Mainland China. Archaeological data collected after 1949 are composed of materials from Taiwan.
NTU Anthropological Collection Information System
The objective of this website is to integrate digital resources collected and researched by the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, and to become a node in the distributed digital knowledge network of anthropology. The website can be divided into three parts based on theme and function: 1. Thematic exhibition; 2. Research topics; 3. Collection databases.
Formosan Aborigines Collections of the National Taiwan Museum
This website collects the “Database of Specimens from During the Taihoku Imperial University,” “Ancient Documents Database,” “Ethnological Specimen Database,” “Image Database,” and “Multimedia Database” of the Department of Anthropology, National Taiwan University, and provides search by keyword, number, and ethnic group. Users can also browse all of the website’s contents.
Taiwan Ethnography Video and Audio Archive
The material in this website, including videotapes, films, audiotapes, and photographs, was mostly gathered over the past two decades by various research projects implemented by Research Fellow Hu Tai-Li starting in 1984. It is currently the largest collection of ethnographic audio-video in the field of Taiwanese anthropology. This first hand data, gathered by researchers engaged in participant observation and socio-cultural practice in the field, encompasses Taiwan’s ethnic groups and includes audio-video materials featuring aborigines, which speak Austronesian languages, Chinese-dialect speaking Taiwanese, Hakka people, and veterans from China.
Digital Archives of the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica
The objective of this website is to integrate digital resources collected and researched by the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, and to become a node in the distributed digital knowledge network of anthropology. The website can be divided into three parts based on theme and function: 1. Thematic exhibition; 2. Research topics; 3. Collection databases.
Database of Ethnic Minorities in Southwest China
Between 1929 and 1943, the researchers of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica carried out planned, scientific, and interprovincial investigative field work in southern, southwestern, and northeastern China on a historically unprecedented scale. They collected and left for future scholars a very rich store of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to modern China's ethnic minorities.
Digital Taiwan Hakka Villages
The website includes Union Catalog , Hakka Village Themes, Hakka Village Map, Hakka Village Impressions, and Hakka Audiovisuals. In addition to integrating the Hakka cultural relics archives for the general public to search for information, the website also shows Hakka architecture and folklore by themes and multimedia.
Rare Books
Rare Books Image Search System
The rare books held by the National Central Library total more than 12,000 , covering classical literature, history and philosophy, and nearly half of them were from the Ming dynasty. These first-hand ancient documents and historical materials are conducive to the studies on Chinese ancient society, culture and economy.
National Palace Museum Database of Rare Books
Rare books collected by the National Palace Museum include the collection of the Qing Palace, collected books of Guanhaitang purchased by Yang Shou-Ching in Japan during the late Qing Dynasty, rare books of Beiping Library transferred by the Ministry of Education to the National Palace Museum in 1985, and donations from individual collectors and rare books purchased later on. This database contains images and metadata, and has a three level structure with links to image files at the lowest level, allowing users to rapidly access the data they need.
Rare Books of the Fu Ssu-Nien Library
The system is divided into 3 levels for different types of use. It provides complete information for research use; for educational use, it offers information with flexibility according to the needs of school curricula. Information provided for public use gives users a basic understanding and knowledge of the rare books collected in the Fu Ssu-Nien Library.
Seals collected at the Fu Ssu-Nien Library
This Database System is constructed to compile all of the seals found on rare books and rubbings and to analyze and reorganize the inscribed seals of original collectors, appreciators, and inscription-makers. The Database System also focuses on seal cutting calligraphy and the aesthetic beauty of seals.
Rare Book Collections of Taiwan During the Japanese Colonial Period
The collections from the Taiwan Governor-General's Office Library, Southern Materials Center Corporation, and Taiwan Provincial Library were moved to Academia Sinica to be stored, later digitized to build the "Rare Book Collections of Taiwan During the Japanese Colonial Period" database, which was open to the public in 2005.
Rubbings
Database of Digital Archive of the Oracle Bones Rubbing
Institute of History and Philology of Academia Sinica has numerous valuable rubbings of Oracle Bone inscriptions. There are approximately 40,000 items, which were obtained by two different sources. Firstly, oracles excavated by archeologists and secondly rubbings collected latter on. The bibliotheca including: "Hsiao-T'un. Volume II, Inscriptions. Part 1, Plates", "Hsiao-T'un. Volume II, Inscriptions. Part 2, Plates", "Hsiao-T'un. Volume II, In-scriptions. Part 2, Supplement", "Hsiao-T'un. Volume II, Inscriptions. Part 3'' and so on.
Database of Bronze Rubbings collected in IHP
Institute of History and Philology of Academica Sinica collect over ten thousand bronze inscriptions. They are including exquisite overall rubbings and a large number of bronze inscriptions, both of which were bought by the former deceased president Fu Ssu-nien from collectors Wu Shi-fen, Liu Ti-zhi, Chen Jie-qi and so on. The bibliotheca comprising: "Rubbings of Bronze Inscriptions Collected by Wu Shi-fen", "The Overall Bronze Rubbing Collections of Shanzhai", "Remains of Rubbings of Bronze Inscriptions of Shanzhai", "Rub-bings of Bronze Inscriptions of Mizhai", and so on.
National Central Library Bronze and Stone Rubbings Database
The National Central Library purchased stone rubbings of Meng Chi-Hsuan from Tianjin when it was first established. The essence of this collection are the nearly 150 stone rubbings with Meng’s inscriptions. Among the library’s collections, the most important are the bronze and stone rubbings rescued from Jiangnan in 1940 and 1941, as well as the bronze ribbings purchased from Shang Cheng-Tso. The library has a total of 6,462 articles and 12,462 bronze and stone rubbings, most of which are inscriptions on the memorial tablet within a tomb (2,820), followed by carved stones (2,826), and bronze rubbings (771).
Database of Rubbings of Han Dynasty Stone Relief in IHP
The source of the materials is the over 1,500 pieces of ink rubbings of stones and scripts of the Han Dynasty collected in Fu Ssu-nien Library, institute of History and philology, Academia Sinica. They include copies from the stones and bricks of Han Dynasty excavated in Shandong, Henan, Sichuan and Jiangsu provinces, which record the relics of graves, coffin, shrines and stone towers built with Han stone bricks.
Database of Buddhist Rubbing from IHP
The Buddhist rubbings collection in Fu Ssu-nien Library is the largest one in Taiwan. A majority of these rubbings are from China, including Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Gansu provinces. These rubbings are dated from the 5th century to the modern time. In addition, several rubbings are from foreign countries, such as the inscriptions of Sakyamuni and Bhaisajyaguru statues in the Golden Hall of Horyu-ji Temple in Japan.
Database of the Liao- Jin -Yuan Rubbings
This database is based on the rubbings of the Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties (907-1368) in the Fu Ssu-nien Library. Most of the rubbings are made from the inscriptions engraved at different times on tombstones, monuments and pillars. Some are from Buddhist and Taoist statues. Most of the inscriptions are in Chinese. Some are in Mongolian in Uighuric and 'Phags-pa scripts. Some were written in Sanskrit, some in Tibetan, some in Kitan, Tangut and Jurchen languages.
Art & Sounds
National Palace Museum Database of Antiques
This website allows users to search for digital content of the National Palace Museum Department of Antiquities, including tusk, bone, horn, clam, leather work, bamboo and lacquer work, bronze and metalwork, jade and stone work, ceramics, enamel and glasswork, and others. Users can search for object images and descriptive text.
National Palace Museum Database of Paintings and Calligraphy
The Department of Painting and Calligraphy in the National Palace Museum collects nearly 40,000 pieces of paintings, calligraphies, rubbings from tablets, and textiles (more than 11,000 sets). Over the yeas, the department has established The System of Digital Achieves of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy in the NPM, The System of Painting and Calligraphy Storeroom Management, The System of Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition Management, The Painters and Calligraphers Name Authority Database, and The Painting and Calligraphy Signature and Seal Database, etc.
Digital Archiving of Taiwan's Calligraphy, Painting, and Historical Document, Late 18th Century-Mid 20th Century
The archive includes a lot of calligraphy and paintings by the governors-general of Taiwan, officials, and Japanese celebrities during the Japanese colonial period. These authors all had direct or indirect interaction with Taiwan, so their works can help understand the artistic taste of the ruling class, Japan-Taiwan relationship, and the situation in East Asia at that time.
Shellac Sounds from Taiwan
Li Kuncheng's collection of shellac records are digitized to build a contextual website and database. Focused on the first kind of Taiwan records, the archive includes traditional opera records and a complete collection of rare Hakka music records, as well as the special fifth kind of educational records, totalling up to about 648 records.
The Native Musician of Taiwan - Tai-Hsiang Li Digital Archive
The collection is focused on various scanned sheet music provided by Tai-Hsiang Li, accompanied by related audio-visual materials. It also offers a complete timeline of events, list of works, news stories, and publications about Mr. Li, for music appreciation by the public, or for music research and teaching.
Maps
Academia Sinica Digital Archives Maps Search System
This website provides access to 12 databases, including: Maps Collected in the Inst. of Modern History, Maps Collected in the Inst. of History and Philology, Replica Topographic Maps of Mainland China Collected in the Japanese Science Academy, Topographic Maps of Mainland China Collected in the Ministry of National Defense, Land Surveyed Topographic Maps of China Provinces Collected in the Department of Land Administration, Thematic Maps Collected in the Department of Land Administration, Historical Cadastral Maps Collected in the National Land Surveying and Mapping Center, etc.
Reading Digital Atlas
The bi-lingual website contains 157 pre-1900 historical Chinese maps from the Library of Congress. The maps selected in this website are either of academic significance, made with exquisite craftsmanship or rare to be seen among the collection institutes. They are organized into 9 categories: (1) general maps (2) local administrative maps (3) flood control and embankment maps (4) military and traffics maps (5) city maps (6) political and boundary maps (7) maps of temples, palaces and royal gardens (8) maps of social and economic conditions (9) mixed-theme maps. All maps are accompanied with detailed metadata and annotations.
Chinese Civilization in Time and Space
Based on Tan Qixiang's The Historical Atlas of China, the system provides fundamental base maps of China over the past 2000 years, from the ancient time to Qing dynasty, supplemented by various historical atlas and remote sensing imagery.
GIS of the Literature and Historical Documents of Su Shi
Based on Tan Qixiang's atlas of Song dynasty, with maps in local gazetteers, admisnistrative maps, and the literary works and poems written by Su Shi, the system builds a Su Shi map covering people, things, times and places, which serves as an educational website about the mutual influence between literature, history, culture and geographic relation.
GIS of the Distribution of Authors and Works of Tang Shi and Song Ci
The system uses GIS and other information tools to build a distribution and transition map of the authors and works of Tang Shi and Song Ci. The distribution data of works not only correlate closely with the authors, but also include places related to the works, which can serve as a platform for studies on Chinese literature, culture and geographic relation.
Others
Center for Chinese Studies
The Center for Chinese Studies's achievements so far, including establishing a collection of Chinese studies research materials, providing reader services, creating a database of prominent Sinologists, setting up a research grant program for foreign scholars, publishing Chinese studies works and periodicals, holding international academic confer-ences and participation in overseas book shows. Through these activities, the Center has established a sound foundation for research in the Chinese human-ities and international exchange in the Chinese studies field.
Taiwan Digitalarchives
This website collects the results from participating institutions in the “Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program”. The “Special Collections” section introduces the diverse content of Taiwan’s archives by theme, while the “Catalogues” features millions of collections gathered from archiving institutions nationwide. The “Technology Experience” showcases all kinds of technical application, and sections such as “Education and Learning”, “Academic Research” and “Value-Added Application” integrate the resources from the websites of related projects.
Digital Taiwan - Culture & Nature
The multilingual portal of the “Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program” is aimed to present the rich content of Taiwan’s digital archives in multiple languages. Through this website, the users can know more about the important collections in Taiwan, read introductions to the selected collections, or view individual collection images or audio-visual materials. The website also provides educational resources, interactive thematic exhibitions, and so on. Part of the content is available in Japanese and Spanish.