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The recorded history of Taiwanese culture mainly stemmed from traditional Chinese culture, despite the influences from other foreign powers. Although the culture of modern Taiwan is significantly affected by Japanese and American cultures, the values and traditions of the Taiwanese people are heavily based on Confucianist Han cultures. [2]
The culture of Taiwan is a blend of Han Chinese and indigenous Taiwanese cultures. [1] Despite the overwhelming Chinese cultural influence and minority indigenous Taiwanese cultural influence, Japanese culture has significantly influenced Taiwanese culture as well. [2]
The history of the island of Taiwan dates back tens of thousands of years to the earliest known evidence of human habitation. [1] [2] The sudden appearance of a culture based on agriculture around 3000 BC is believed to reflect the arrival of the ancestors of today's Taiwanese indigenous peoples. [3]
Cultural history of Taiwan (3 C, ... Chinese culture in Taiwan (3 C, 3 P) W. Works about Taiwan (3 C) Pages in category "Culture of Taiwan"
Despite the politicized dramatization of the Plains indigenous, their "rediscovery" as a matter of public discourse has had a lasting effect on the increased socio-political reconceptualization of Taiwan—emerging from a Han Chinese-dominant perspective into a wider acceptance of Taiwan as a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic community. [221]
Taiwanese people [I] are the citizens and nationals of the Republic of China (ROC) and those who reside in an overseas diaspora from the entire Taiwan Area.The term also refers to natives or inhabitants of the island of Taiwan and its associated islands who may speak Sinitic languages (Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka) or the indigenous Taiwanese languages as a mother tongue but share a common culture ...
Taiwan is also the most religious region in the Chinese world, with 93% of people following mixture of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%. [ 1 ] Chinese folk religion in Taiwan is framed by the ritual ministry exerted by the Zhengyi Taoist clergy ( sanju daoshi ), independent orders of fashi (non-Taoist ritual ...
Taiwan's indigenous art finds expression in various forms including weaving, pottery, carving, music, etc. The Lan Yang Museum and the Taitung Taiwan History Pre-Cultural Museum offer insights into these expressions, with specific tribes, like the Paiwan and Rukai, standing out for their embroidery.