Wild Lily student movement

The election Lee won was one in which only 671 members of the National Assembly voted, only one party was recognized, and one candidate ran.

Protesters wore white Formosa lilies and created giant replicas of the flower as a symbol of democracy.

It was Taiwanese literature's use of this wild lily [Lilium formosanum] as a metaphor of simplicity and fortitude that inspired its use by those in the student democracy movement.

He expressed his support of the students' goals and promised full democracy in Taiwan beginning with reforms to be initiated that summer.

[4] The Wild Lily student movement marked a crucial turning point in Taiwan's transition to pluralistic democracy.