page_title: Hwang Yau-tai
section_title: Awards
hierarchical_section_title: Hwang Yau-tai / Awards
caption_attribution_description: English: Composer Hwang Yau-tai receives a banner ("Revitalizing Music &amp; Dance") commemorating his visit to Taiwan to give music lectures for teachers and students late '60s. Photographer unknown.
context_page_description: Hwang Yau-tai or Huang Yau-tai was a Chinese musician, writer and composer. He wrote over 2000 compositions, the most popular being "Azaleas," which was written in 1941 during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
context_section_description: 1952 Composition Award of Patriotic Song, Chinese Writers' & Artists' Association
  1962 The Culture & Arts Award, Ministry of Education
  1963 The Overseas Chinese Innovation Award, Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission
  1965 Dr. Sun Yat-Sen's 100-Year Memorial Award
  1967 Chong Shan Culture & Arts Award
  1967 Social Education & Service Award, Ministry of Education
  1967 Hai Guang Medal, Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission
  1968 Culture & Arts Medal of the Year of Music, Ministry of Education
  1982 The 24th Honor Award, Chinese Writers' & Artists Association
  1983 Special Contribution Honor, National Culture & Arts Award
  1984 Pu Guang Gold Award, Ministry of National Defense
  1984 Gold and Silver Honor, Military Culture & Arts Award
  1986 The Senior Faculty Award of Overseas Chinese School
  1987 Musician Memorial Award, Association of Chinese Folk Music in Hong Kong
  1994 The Culture Medal, Executive Yuan
  1996 Remarkable Musician Award, Kaohsiung City Government
  1997 The 16th Special Contribution Honor, Culture & Arts Award, Kaohsiung
  1998 The 1st Remarkable Alumni Award, National Sun Yat-Sen University
  1999 Special Song Award of the Cultural Volunteer Composer, Cultural Department
  1999 The 18th "Special Contribution Honor" of Culture & Art Award, Kaohsiung City Government
  2000 The Senior Cultural Intellectual Award, Council for Cultural Affairs, the Executive Yuan
  2000 The 19th Lifetime Achievement Award, Kaohsiung City Government
  2001 National Files Award, the Bureau of National Confidential
caption: Hwang Yau-tai receives a banner ("Revitalizing Music & Dance") commemorating his visit to Taiwan to give music lectures for teachers and students late '60s.
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