The Chiangs attached great importance to their 50th wedding anniversary and invited their close friends and relatives to their official residence to dine,... but this kind of grand banquet was a very rare thing to see at Chiang Ching-kuo's official mansion, "recalls a previous member of the staff at Chihai, Weng Yuan, in his oral history.
「往年，結婚周年紀念大概都沒有什麼具體的慶祝活動，這次五十周年，蔣經國夫婦非常重視，邀請了至親好友到官邸吃飯，… … 類似這樣的隆重宴會，在蔣經國官邸還是真的很少見。」