Celebrating the Nation's Birthday Rain and cloudy weather had persisted right up to the day before, but the skies had cleared just in time. As if in accompaniment to this "gift of the gods" a 21-gun salute rang out marking the start of the first national day celebration presided over by President Lee Teng-hui.
陰雨的天氣延續到國慶前一天，卻在閱兵大典前及時放晴；伴著老天爺帶來的「賀禮」，廿一響禮砲聲響起，李登輝總統首次主持的國慶大典正式展開……。