A fine heritage and historical embodiment deriving from the wisdom of the Chinese, Abacus dates back to the Han dynasty, upon progressing over the Tang, Sung, Yuan dynasties and promoted in written publications by the Ming abacus masters Wu Jing, Wang Wen-shu, Cheng Da-wei, Ju Tzai-yu and the like, has not only reached an epitome but also been widely adopted in the folk.  Keenly aware of the lack of abacus related publications despite its having been promoted in Taiwan for good many years by the Taiwan Chamber of Commerce (TCOC) has specially commissioned an “Abacus Museum” that could be used to house the valuable abacus publications, teaching material, research theses, and abacus, which were so generously donated by avid abacus elites, sister associations and like-mined enthusiasts.

          With years of campaigning and collecting, the TCOC has since received several hundred valuable publications and tens of abacus collectables coming from abacus instructors including Yang Chu-hong, Chen Gen-tu, Oong Jia-ruei, Chen Wen-tzong, Liu Fu-shou and the like in Taiwan, and mainland benefactors including Huang Jih-lu, Wang Ling-jou and the like, as well as from various mainland provincial abacus associations, and set up an “Abacus Showcase” at the chamber office to house the collection, which is open to the public for research and references.  In the meantime, the TCOC frequently conducts abacus artifact and archival exhibit exchange with the “Kuo Kwa Abacus Museum” in Linhai, Jejiang and the “Cheng Da-wei Memorial Abacus Archive” in Huangshan, Anhui province of China, in anticipation to excel the abacus promotion work to a higher level of appreciation.