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The development of Taiwanese literature was long suppressed; after the 1970s nativist-literature debates and the 1980s political/cultural localization, the Taiwanese-literature movement gradually broke through the party-state’s shackles. In 1994, to commemorate Lai Ho’s centennial, civic groups founded the Lai Ho Cultural and Educational Foundation; Lai’s descendants jointly donated the funds, while writers Chung Chao-cheng and scholars Lin Jui-ming and Academician Lee Chen-yuan recommended board members. From academia came Lin Jui-ming, Chen Wan-yih, Lü Hsing-chang, and Hu Wan-chuan; from literary circles Chung Chao-cheng, Lin Heng-tai, Lee Nan-heng, and Sung Tse-lai; from the medical field Lee Chen-yuan, Chiang Tzu-te, Cheng Chiung-ming, and Chen Yung-hsing; and from politics and business Liu Feng-sung, Yao Chia-wen, Chen Wei-ming, and Shih Ping-huang, with family representatives Chou Kuang-hsiung and Lai Yueh-yen, gathering people from every sector. Lai Ho’s eldest grandson, Lai Yueh-yen, served as the first chairman. In 1995 Lai’s eldest son Lai Sang and eldest grandson Lai Yueh-yen planned the Heyuan Building on the site of Lai Ho’s former clinic, establishing the Lai Ho Memorial Museum. The collection includes Lai Ho’s complete personal effects, books, calligraphy, manuscripts, and related documents, and continues to collect and display manuscripts and artifacts by Changhua writers, reconstructing the traditions and spirit of Changhua’s intellectuals during the Japanese era.