Taiwan's Culture
Essential Question:
How does Taiwanese culture depend on time, place, and space?
Environment
System of governance
Time period
Taiwan under Japanese rule
1895-1945
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Technological innovation
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Democracy
Taiwan under the Qing Dynasty
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Much of Taiwan's culture comes from its history with Qing China
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We still use the traditional characters in Mandarin here in Taiwan. Just like they used in the Qing Dynasty!
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Taiwan has many mountains
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Many people go on mountain hikes. Taiwanese people are very active!
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The period from 1683 to 1895 when the Qing dynasty ruled over Formosa. (Hugo)
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Kingdom of Tungning (鄭氏時代)
Julia
Frequent earthquakes occur in Taiwan. Therefore, the Taiwanese people are all very familiar with what they should do when an earthquake strikes. (Sharon)
According to investigation, the places with most earthquakes in Taiwan are Chiayi and Tainan. (Sharon)
Textile industry Emily
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Taiwan was given to Japan by China because they lost the Sino-Japanese War. (Sharon)
Taiwan textile industry is part of major supplier in textile products to the world. Emily
I learned in the last unit about technology that this is the most important company in Taiwan as they produce most of the world's advanced semiconductor computer chips (Tr. Will)
Taiwan's Islands (Nina)
Taiwan Xiao Liu Qiu (Nina)
There are many political parties in Taiwan, such as KMT (國民黨) and DPP (民進黨)。(Sharon)
Famous for its clear water, amazing coral reefs, white sand beaches, sew turtles and quiet laid back atmosphere. (Nina)
Weather (Sharon)
Green Island (Nina)
It brought the system and culture of the Han people into Taiwan, making Taiwan gradually become a society dominated by Han people. (Julia)
The weather is Taiwan is mostly warm, and you could rarely see snow. (Sharon)
Their Excellent coral reefs, tons of tropical fish, and other colorful sea creatures is one of the reasons why this place is a famous tourist hot point in Taiwan. (Nina)
Food and Drinks
Braised pork rice Emily
Taiwan Under Spanish Rule 1626-1642. (Angie)
Taiwan under Dutch rule 1624-1662(Michelle)
Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga) expelled the Dutch and significantly contributed to Taiwan's trade (Julia)
In 1971, the United Nations expelled the ROC and replaced it with the PRC. In 1987, martial law was lifted and Taiwan began a democratisation process, beginning with the abolition of the Temporary Provisions and culminating with the first direct president election in 1996. (Nina)
Example: He conducts business with China, exporting cane sugar, and importing daily necessities such as cloth (Julia)
1896 - Yunlin Massacre: 6,000 Taiwanese are massacred by the Japanese at Yunlin (Nina)
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World War Two 1936-1945 (Nina)
Taiwanese used the Japonica rice that was imported to Taiwan from Japan during when Japanese ruled in Taiwan, and developed the braised pork rice as part of Taiwanese cuisine.
Pictures of KMT(Julia) - The symbol of KMT
Sided with Japan at the time (Nina)
Pictures of DPP (Julia)
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This is Tsai Ing-Wen. She is the current president of Taiwan from the DPP. (Sharon)
Bubble Tea (Nina)
Made in Taiwan, a nationwide loved drink with boba and milk tea. (Nina)
A picture of a semiconductor (Sharon):
DPP stands for Democratic Progressive Party. It has been associated with advocacy of human rights and Taiwanese identity (Julia)
Pineapple cake Emily
A map of Taiwan (Sharon)
Lee Teng-Hui was the president of Taiwan representing Kuomintang. (Hugo)
Chen Shui-Bian was the president of Taiwan representing DPP (Hugo)
Apple Sidra (蘋果西打) Emily
Taiwan carbonated drinks beverage brand, it had been sold since 1965 it was Taiwan's most famous apple cider drink. Non -Alcohol, its ingredients contain apple juice, apple flavor and syrup.
Taiwan was ruled by Japan for 50 years - from 1895 to 1945 (Julia)
The capital of Taiwan is Taipei. (Sharon)
Taiwan was ruled under Koxinga from 1661-to 1683 (Julia)
“Anping Castle” was be made by Dutch when Taiwan is under the rule by Dutch. And now the "Anping Castle" is still there. (Susan)
Jade Mountain(Yu Shan) is one of the famous mountain in Taiwan. (Susan)
Yu Shan(Susan)
During the period of Taiwan under the Spanish, Spanish built the Fort Santo Domingo. (Susan)
Fort Santo Domingo (Susan)
Anping Fort (Susan)
Taiwan martial law period
(Susan)
Martial law period is happening between 1949-1987 (Susan)
abolished in 1987(Susan)
We can only see the snow at the top of mountains in Taiwan (mountains like :Hehuan Mountain, Yangming Mountain, Yushan Mountain...) because there have lower temperature, more highly chance to snow. (Susan)
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This is a diagram of Taiwan's earthquake frequencies in different areas. (Hugo)
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Ma Ying-jeou was the president of Taiwan who also represented Kuomintang. (Hugo)
It was governed as Taiwan Prefecture of Fokien Province (Fujian) until the declaration of Fokien-Taiwan Province in 1887.
(Anna)
Tsai Ing-Wen is the first girl democracy in Taiwan. (Anna)
About Tsai Ing-Wen (Anna)
About Ma Ying-jeou (Anna)
There is no severe cold in winter, but the weather in summer is brutally hot and of high humidity. (Anna)
Most of the people like to drink bubble tea, and they like to add other stuffing into the drink. (Anna)
Apple sida is the most popular drink in Taiwan, it is also an old drink in Taiwan. All the Taiwanese know it and they like to drink this very much. (Anna)
2022 Taiwan weather (Anna)
There are a lot of earthquakes in Taiwan's Hualien. Because of the geographical location. (Anna)
Taiwan 21 September 1999 earthquake. 2,415 people were killed, 11,305 injured, and NT$300 billion worth of damage was done. (Anna)
Photo of 921 earthquake (Anna)
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Beef noodle
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A Taiwanese Cuisine, not much people can take it, but it's yummy.
(Caitlin)
A Taiwanese food, smells bad but tastes good. (Lily)
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Stinky tofu:
Yimei puffs(Caitlin)
A popular snack that is made in Taiwan
Beef noodle is a food that Taiwanese likes a lot
(Caitlin)
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A kind of noodle that Taiwanese likes to eat
(Caitlin)
shaved ice(Caitlin)
Large intestine noodles(Caitlin)
A kind of food that Taiwanese loves to eat in Summer
Biandang (Caitlin)
A food that Taiwanese will also eat in summer
Aiyu (Caitlin)
A food that Taiwanese usually eats for lunch or dinner
Glutinous oil rice(Caitlin)
A food that you can bought in the traditional market, it is very good.
egg drop soup (Caitlin)
A soup that I think all taiwanese like it
peanut rice milk ( Caitlin)
A traditional drink that Taiwanese usually drinks when they are eating breakfast.
(Caitlin)
Apple Sidra is a famous carbonated drinks in Taiwan, but in South Korea, Apple Sidra is also a well-known brand of Taiwan. (Lily)
In Taiwan, pineapple cake is the most papular cake made of fruit. (Lily)
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Pineapple cake is original made from Taiwan it a Taiwanese traditional sweet.
Braised pork rice is a traditional Taiwanese cuisine, and the braised pork rice in northern Taiwan is very different from the southern braised pork rice. (Lily)
Bubble milk tea is the most famous drink in Taiwan. (Lily)
A papular snack looks like a puff but eat like a cookie, and it have butter inside. (Lily)
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A Taiwanese tradition soup. (Lily)
Taiwanese will drink this during breakfast. (Lily)
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A speical traditional food in Taiwan. (Lily)
A lots of Taiwanese people love this. (Lily)
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