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The only intersection point between Sino-Tibetan and Austronesian languages
400 years ago, the Han people, representing the main body of the Sino-Tibetan language family, also came to Taiwan one after another. As a result, these two major language groups collided fiercely on this land. The attacks of the Ming and Zheng dynasties and the Dadu Dynasty The battle between the Qing Dynasty and the Pingpu Gaoshan Tribe, like other places, went through battles, confrontations, and coordination… and finally ended in peace, and these two major ethnic groups and the cultures they represented finally coexisted harmoniously.
So you will find that on the map, the only intersection point between Sino-Tibetan culture and Austronesian culture is Taiwan. We can say that Taiwan has the essence of Sino-Tibetan culture and the source of Austronesian culture. It is these two major Taiwan is the only intersection of cultures. It can even be said that Taiwan is the hub of Sino-Tibetan and Austronesian languages. I wonder, what could be more attractive than this?
[Promoting Taiwan does not rely on celebrity endorsements or people jumping into rivers]
In 2019, the number of foreign tourists visiting Taiwan exceeded 11.84 million, the most in history. But does the increase in tourists mean an increase in tourism revenue? Not necessarily.
Perhaps, Taiwan’s tourism promotion has not highlighted “Taiwan’s true nature”. Let’s take a look at how the author of this article tells you through four key points how Taiwan can become the starting point of the great shipping route. (Editor: Huang Meiru)
Text/Fengyan Fengyu
Taiwan can be the starting point of the great sea routeKey point 1: It has something unique that you don’t know
Every time I see a travel video produced by the Tourism Bureau for foreigners, I always wonder, will such a video really be attractive to foreigners?
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that the tourism videos produced by the Tourism Bureau are not good. On the contrary, they have found the best directors to best interpret what most people think of Taiwanese style. But if you look aside , you will find that Japan, South Korea, and Thailand… each have their own tourism promotional short films, and the filming is not bad. Their folk customs are also very attractive. In comparison, Taiwan is not outstanding.
In fact, if you delve deeper into “Taiwan’s true nature”, you will find that before Columbus discovered the New World, the world’s two major language families had already intersected in Taiwan to create the most magnificent human history. Perhaps, this is Taiwan’s most “unique” ”, perhaps, this is the most attractive place in Taiwan.
To untie this knot, we must go back to Taiwan’s history.
Point 2: Taiwanese were once the greatest navigators
During the Neolithic Age 7,000 years ago, Taiwan had already formed its own cultural settlement. It was located in Bali District, New Taipei City today, and was called the “Dazakeng Culture”.
Yes, you read that right, it was just 7,000 years ago, so it is older than history. It is not inferior to any culture existing in the world today, and the [Dazakeng Culture] also has rich archaeological evidence, so the Taiwanese can definitely I can confidently say that “Taiwan has a long history.”
This group of ancestors who created the Dazakeng culture are also the common ancestors of today’s aboriginal people in Taiwan (whether they are the “Pingpu” or “Gaoshan”). They belong to the “Austronesian tribe” and are also the common ancestors of most current anthropologists. Recognized source of Austronesian languages.
In addition to their long culture, how powerful are these ancestors of the Austronesian language group? Their expansion overseas is known as the greatest voyage in human history. This group of great navigators started from Taiwan and gradually sailed to the Philippines, then to Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Hawaii…
As far east as Easter Island in the Americas, as far west as Madagascar in Africa, and as far south as New Zealand in Oceania (see attached picture), the Austronesian language group finally included the population. There are 400 million languages, and 1,200 sub-languages have been derived. The starting point of this great voyage is Taiwan.
“The Austronesian language family was born in Taiwan, the most diverse country”
Jared Diamond, an academician of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, described this group of Taiwanese ancestors: “Austronesian people were the greatest navigators in the Neolithic Age. Three of the four Austronesian language families are concentrated in Taiwan.Obviously, Taiwan is the birthplace of Austronesian languages everywhere today. From Madagascar to Easter Island, all Austronesian languages originated in Taiwan. ”
Yes, if we give “Taiwanese” a definition, they are the residents who have lived on this land, then we can say unabashedly: “Taiwanese were once the greatest sailors in the world. ”
Point 3: The only intersection point between Sino-Tibetan and Austronesian languages
400 years ago, the Han people, representing the main body of the Sino-Tibetan language family, also came to Taiwan one after another. As a result, these two major language groups collided fiercely on this land. The attacks of the Ming and Zheng dynasties and the Dadu Dynasty The battle between the Qing Dynasty and the Pingpu Gaoshan Tribe, like other places, went through battles, confrontations, and coordination… and finally ended in peace, and these two major ethnic groups and the cultures they represented finally coexisted harmoniously.
So you will find that on the map, the only intersection point between Sino-Tibetan culture and Austronesian culture is Taiwan. We can say that Taiwan has the essence of Sino-Tibetan culture and the source of Austronesian culture. It is these two major Taiwan is the only intersection of cultures. It can even be said that Taiwan is the hub of Sino-Tibetan and Austronesian languages. I wonder, what could be more attractive than this?
Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy in recent years has spent a lot of taxpayers’ money to subsidize tourists from Southeast Asia to come to Taiwan. Although it has driven the number of tourists, it has not driven consumption (quantity, not quality). It must be admitted that The current income of residents in Southeast Asia is still lower than that in Taiwan, and the benefits of promoting tourism are limited.
Calling Taiwanese celebrities to endorse the city and find people to fall in love with. Although it is eye-catching, it may still be driven by local tourists. These local tourists are just switching between different cities in Taiwan. For Taiwan as a whole, they may create wealth. The effect is also limited.
To create wealth through the development of tourism, what Taiwan really wants to attract is actually the richest ethnic group in the world, and you will find that these people are mainly European and American Indo-European speaking countries. That is, the high-quality people of today’s wealthy countries in the United States and Europe.
For this group of European and American tourists with high spending power and high quality, is it more attractive to show Taiwan’s mountains and rivers, or to tell them that Taiwan has the most elite Han culture and Austronesian culture?
Don’t get me wrong, Taiwan has beautiful scenery and friendly people, but if compared with the above-mentioned Japan, South Korea, and Thailand, it may be difficult for European and American tourists to choose.
But if you tell them in another way, tell them that on the land of Taiwan, you can explore Chinese culture and travel all the way west to China (literally), or you can use Taiwan as the starting point to take a trip across the sky. South Island Adventure (Wu’s), I would like to ask, can you find a second place in the world? And compared with neighboring Japan, South Korea and Thailand, who is more attractive at this time?
The real attraction may not come from the beautiful scenery, but from the ability to tell stories.
In addition to planning the Chinese cultural tourism that we are already familiar with, we can also connect with countries that still retain the Austronesian language group (such as the Philippines, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Australia…) to jointly plan [Austronesian people] Sailing Tour], let them start from Taiwan and sail to various countries (tourists must start from Taiwan, the birthplace of the Austronesian language group, so they will not miss Taiwan no matter how they play). Isn’t this attractive enough? Will this make you and I, who are also Taiwanese, eager to give it a try?
Point 4: To promote Taiwan, the use of imagination is more important than the use of knowledge
Long Yingtai, a well-known cultural figure, said: “Internationalization does not mean tearing down one’s own courtyard and abandoning one’s own traditions. It means connecting the railway tracks so that outside trains can deliver goods and at the same time let one’s own trains run. Go out and fill yourself with things.”
I believe that internationalization is not simply about learning American, Japanese and Korean culture. More importantly, it is about understanding one’s own position under the impact of these international waves. Then no matter how strong the external impact is, we can all You will not lose yourself, but will be full of confidence, find strength, and even exude charming charm because of your clear positioning.
Bacon said: “Knowledge is power.” To find out the charm of Taiwan, in fact, as long as we look for the footprints buried in history, we can slowly discover the beauty of Taiwan without resorting to external forces. And all of this, All are hidden in existing knowledge.
Einstein said: “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” However, knowledge alone is not enough, we also need a little imagination. In addition to knowing that Taiwan is the hub of the two major language families, we also need to give ourselves some imagination and some fun. , we can extract the great navigation routes of the new generation from the existing knowledge, and even other more magnificent imaginations.
Knowledge allows us to understand the past, but only imagination can create the future for us. “Knowledge” and “imagination” are indispensable.
To better promote Taiwan to the world, perhaps what we need is not celebrity endorsements or people jumping into rivers. What we need is actually to slowly reveal the real Taiwan. Of course, the premise is that we must have knowledge and imagination.
【Taiwan Aboriginal】
The classification of Taiwan’s aboriginal ethnic groups is not a natural formation. It was originally identified through tribal culture. It was investigated, studied, and classified by many anthropologists during the Japanese occupation, such as Inō Yoshiaki, Mori Chounosuke, Torii Ryuzo, and Kano Tadao… ⋯, etc., based on living customs, language, characteristics, oral history, mythology, region and other dimensions, systematically classify the names and cognitions of indigenous ethnic groups, “nine ethnic groups”: Amis, Atayal, Paiwan, Bunun , Rukai tribe, Beinan tribe, Tsou tribe, Saixia tribe, and Yami tribe were classified by the aforementioned ethnographic method;
For images of aboriginal people in Taiwan, please refer to:
https://www.youput.org/content-info.php?id=407
Taiwan is a beautiful island located in the Asia Pacific, inhabited by various ethnic groups. Among them, there are approximately 575,067 aboriginal ethnic groups, accounting for 2.4% of the total population. Currently, the aboriginal ethnic groups recognized by the government are: Ami Tribe, Atayal Tribe, Paiwan Tribe, Bunun Tribe, Puinan Tribe, Rukai Tribe, Tsou Tribe, Saixia Tribe, Yami Tribe, Thao Tribe, Kamalan Tribe, Taroko Tribe, Sakilaya Tribe, Sai Tribe There are 16 ethnic groups including the Deke, La’Aruwa, and Kanakanafu. Each ethnic group has its own culture, language, customs, and social structure. For Taiwan, the aboriginal ethnic groups are an important source of history and culture. , is also a unique and beautiful treasure.
The Ami people: The traditional range is widely distributed, and the territory is narrower than other ethnic groups. They are distributed in the coastal plains and hilly lands of Hualien County, Taitung County and Pingtung County, bounded by Chishang and Guanshan, and call themselves Pangcah in the north. Nan calls herself Amis.
Atayal: distributed on both sides of the Central Mountains in northern Taiwan, spanning Yilan County, New Taipei City, Taoyuan City, Hsinchu County, Miaoli County, Taichung City and Nantou County, accounting for one-third of the mountainous area in the central and northern parts of Taiwan, including Mainstream and tributary basins of Heping Creek, Nan’ao Creek, Lanyang Creek, Dahan Creek, Zhonggang Creek, Houlong Creek, Da’an Creek, Dajia Creek, Beigang Creek and Zhuoshui Creek.
Paiwan people: distributed in Pingtung County and Taitung County, with a total of 12 towns and villages in the administrative area, spanning both sides of the mountains in the southern section of the Central Mountains, except for Manzhou Township in Pingtung County, Dawu Township in Taitung County, and Taimali Except for the townships, which are flat administrative areas and mixed with other ethnic groups, the rest are mountainous townships, with closely connected and complete distribution blocks.
The Bunun people live on both sides of the Central Mountains and refer to themselves as bunun. They extend from Renai Township and Xinyi Township in Nantou in the north to Taoyuan District and Namasia District in Kaohsiung City and Wanrong Township in Huadong Region in the south. , Zhuoxi Township, Haiduan Township, Yanping Township.
The Beinan people live in the Taitung Plain area between the Beinan River Basin in the north and the mountains near Zhiben River in the south.
The Rukai people live in the mountainous areas on both sides of the southern section of the Central Mountains (south of the Alishan Mountains and north of the Dawu Mountains), the mountainous areas of the Zhuokou River, Ailiao Nanbei River, Dananxi River basins and the Lvjia River basin.
The Tsou people live in Alishan Township, Chiayi County and Xinyi Township, Nantou County.
The Saisiyat people: live in the mountainous area at the junction of Hsinchu County and Miaoli County. Their ethnic composition is consistent with that of our group. There has always been controversy in the academic circle. Due to the intrusion of foreign forces and colonial regimes, especially after the “Nanzhuang Incident”, due to Due to the administrative divisions, they are subject to different governance policies. As a result, the mountain aborigines (saikilaba’) of Wufeng Township in Hsinchu County and the flatland aborigines of Nanzhuang Township in Miaoli County (such as the Nanzhuang Binsaewelan Group, Penglai Sairayin Group, Shitan Saisawi’ groups) and urban aborigines.
Yamei people: live on Orchid Island off the coast of Taitung County.
The Thao people live in the Sun Moon Lake area of Nantou County. Most of them live in Ida Thao (formerly known as Dehua Society and Huafan Society). A few families settle in Dapinglin, Shuili Township.
The Kavalan people originally lived in the Lanyang Plain. Except for some who moved to the northwest of the Hualien Plain, most of them moved to the East Rift Valley and the coastline.
The Taroko ethnic group is roughly distributed from Hualien County to Pingxi in the north, to the vast foothills of Hongye and Taipingxi in the south, that is, under the current administrative system, Xiulin Township, Wanrong Township of Hualien County and a small number of Zhuo Xixiang Lishan and other places.
Sakilaya tribe: The Sakilaya tribe was originally distributed on the Qilai Plain (Hualien Plain), which is equivalent to the current urban area of Hualien
Sediq: The birthplace of the Sediq is Truwan, which is now the Chunyang Hot Spring area of Renai Township. It mainly operates in central and eastern Taiwan, approximately between Atayal in the north. ethnic group and the Bunun ethnic group in the south.
La Aruwa: Kaohsiung City Taoyuan District High School, Taoyuan Lane and Namasia District Maya Lane.
The rich Kanakana tribe: distributed on both sides of the Nanzixian River Basin in Namasia District, Kaohsiung City. Most of them now live in Dakanuvari and Mayari, Namasia District, Kaohsiung City.
If someone asks you how many countries have you visited? I believe you must be very clear.
What if someone asked you how many tribes you have been to? How do you answer.
It would be interesting if a tribe equaled a country. There are 871 tribes in Taiwan. Try traveling around the tribal kingdom. The greatest gift of travel is – “change”. Change the perspective of travel and change the field of thinking. Enter the tribal kingdom and explore The aboriginal world is both familiar and mysterious!
Welcome to live in Taiwan and learn about the southern boundary of Sino-Tibetan culture!
Welcome to live in Taiwan and learn about the northern boundary of the tribal kingdom’s southern island culture!
Welcome to live in Taiwan and learn about the only intersection between Sino-Tibetan and Austronesian languages!
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