[1]Wild Lily is still the symbol to support the new-generation student democracy movements. Photo from Susan Bomin. CC: NC.
[2]A flower shop owner delivered sunflowers to the protesters inside the Legislation Yuan. Photo from Christine Hepburn. CC: NC.
The Wild Lily student movement [3] took place in March 16 1990 at Freedom Square in Taipei is the most significant historical event that marks the democratic struggle in Taiwan. As a result of the movement, temporary provisions effective during the period of Communist rebellion [4] in Taiwan was terminated and the Taiwanese congress was reformed in 1991.
Twenty-four years have been passed, in March 18 2014, another student movement [5] took place in the Legislation Yuan in Taiwan. The students protest against the government’s black box process of the trade deal between Taiwan and China [6]. On the third day of the demonstration, the media starts calling the action Sunflower student movement when a flower shop owner delivered sunflowers to the protesters [7] [zh] as a form of support. The image of sun reflects people's hope to shed light to the black-box free trade negotiation between Taiwan and China governments.