The Ying Lin Arts Association (Chinese: 銀鈴會) was a literary group founded in 1942 by three high school classmates from Taichung Municipal Taichung First Senior High School: Chang Yen-hsun (張彥勳), Chu Shih (朱實), and Hsu Ching-shih (許清世).
On May 20 of the same year, martial law was imposed, and Taiwan started its decades-long white terror period.
Due to constant investigations, arrests, or executions of its members, the Ying Lin Arts Association was forced to disband.
[2] Scholar Mei-Hui Juan (阮美慧) believes that the Ying Lin Arts Association preserved the legacy of modern poetry from the Japanese rule period.
The association also transitioned from the aesthetic of modernism to promoting a style that emphasized the spirit of Taiwan's local culture,[4] making it a crucial influence on the development of post-war Taiwanese poetry.