Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/25
By: Chen Chih-chung and S.C. Chang
Taipei, Aug. 25 (CNA) A massive foot-washing event that drew 20,000 participants last
![A Mother's Day foot-washing event in Caotun in central Taiwan's Nantou county, May 4. 2014 (File photo/Yang Shu-huang)](https://i1.wp.com/www.eyeontaiwan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/36372_7012500.504.O504YS4H_2014資料照片_copy1-300x215.jpg?resize=300%2C215)
A Mother’s Day foot-washing event in Caotun in central Taiwan’s Nantou county, May 4. 2014 (File photo/Yang Shu-huang)
year will be staged in the Presidential Office plaza and Ketagalan Boulevard in October to highlight the traditional family value of filial piety, organizers said Tuesday.
“You may ask, if I want to wash my parents’ feet, why not just do it at home instead of so openly in the Presidential Office plaza?” said Chang Chao-kuo (張朝國), president of the Republic of China Sports Federation, which is organizing the annual event for the third year in a row.
Based on the records of the previous two events at the site, Chang said he saw many tearful “reunions” of parents and children — touching scenes that prove actions speak louder than words. [FULL STORY]