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Taiwan Province customs and traditions Taiwan has been gradually developed since the late Ming and early Qing dynasties when the people of Fujian and Guangdong migrated on a large scale to reclaim the land. Although the Japanese colonialists dug into the implementation of national assimilation, but by the compatriots of Taiwan's tenacious resistance. The Kuomintang moved to Taiwan and a large number of mainlanders came to Taiwan, so many of the living habits and social customs of the Han Chinese compatriots in Taiwan are basically the same as those on the mainland, and generally maintain the characteristics of the Fujian and Guangdong areas. Clothing, food, housing and transportation 1 Clothing. In the past, men and women in the countryside mostly wore Han Chinese clothing. Women above middle age like to wear long shirts, or short shorts; the elderly like to wear green and black clothes or Xiang Yunsa; the Japanese rule period suits began to spread to the countryside, over the decades has been quite popular. Some urban women wear cheongsams and other national costumes. At present, young people mostly wear suits or port shirts and pants. Men and women in the countryside often wear hats or wrapped in towels to protect themselves from the wind and sun. 2 Diet. Taiwan residents eat three meals a day with rice as the main food. During festivals and celebrations, they often use chicken and duck and other sumptuous food and wine to entertain guests. Taiwan residents are addicted to alcohol, offering sacrifices to the gods, banquets, guests, must have a good wine. At the beginning of spring and summer, and during the fall and winter, animal foods are often stewed with Chinese herbs to refresh and replenish the body. Dishes are often flavored with monosodium glutamate and sugar. Restaurants operate in Sichuan and Guangdong, Beijing, Tianjin, Suzhou, Zhejiang, Hunan, Fujian and other local flavors. The living standard of the Gaoshan compatriots is still low, and some of them still eat taro and sweet potato as their staple food. 3 Residence. Taiwan's housing modeling, can be roughly divided into Chinese, Western, Japanese-style three. The Chinese style is bungalow, mostly Minnan style, with a dragon, windlass handle, triple and quadruple houses. With Turbid Water Creek as the boundary, rural villages, the northern part of the scattered type, the southern part of the settlement type, most of them are built in the hollow of the mountain near the water, to avoid the wind and sand. Western-style buildings are mostly made of brick, but in recent years most of them are made of reinforced concrete. Japanese-style houses are built with tatami mats inside the bungalow. Most of the town houses are Western-style, but with the recent industrial and commercial development, the number of new apartment houses has increased rapidly, and high-rise buildings have been erected one after another. However, due to the rapid growth of the population, the housing problem has not yet been solved, and many people still live in poorly constructed rooms. 4 Walking. Currently, the most popular means of transportation in Taiwan are bicycles and motorcycles. The number of automobiles, airplanes, ships, and trains has increased in recent years, making it more convenient, and there has been a large increase in private automobiles. Rental cars are common in towns and cities. A number of buses are air-conditioned. However, transportation is still difficult in most rural areas, with many rivers requiring sailing boats and sampans, and in mountainous areas there are no roads, so the only way to travel is to climb and trek along mountain paths. Coming-of-Age Rituals 1 The Coming-of-Age Rituals of the Takayama People Among the Takayama people, coming-of-age rituals belong only to men. In their view, coming of age is the most glorious turning point in one's life, signifying maturity, independence and social responsibility. Each ethnic group attaches great importance to the rite of passage, although the ceremony is different in complexity and simplicity, but all of them advocate the courage to advance for the purpose of encouraging young people to hone their talents. The rites of passage of the Atayal are relatively simple. Around November every year, adult male by parents to change the adult clothing, wearing a red velvet knitted top, floral thongs, Cambodia hair on top, red silk square sideburns, choose an auspicious date and time, with bows and arrows, knives, wine cake, etc., to the head of the courtyard to gather to listen to the head of the ancestors recounted the great achievements, taught to surround the blockade, ambushes, traps and other tactics, and vow to abide by the ancestral teachings, and to carry on the greatness of the. Finally, there is a feast, singing and dancing. These boys who have taken the oath become adults, and can then participate in tribal campaigns, plowing and hunting and other major activities. The Bunun's Bar Mitzvah is held on the same day as the Harvest Festival. The adult men join hands in a circle around a respected elder and listen to his recollections of the history of their ancestors' campaigns and heroic deeds, then take turns drinking a large cup of freshly brewed corn wine. Before drinking, each person declares his or her name and family tree, then raises the cup and drinks it all in one go, and only those who can finish a large cup of wine in one gulp are considered men. The rites of passage of the Amis vary from tribe to tribe. One of these is the element of a race ceremony. It is also usually held at the time of the Harvest Festival. The race is about five or six miles on a bumpy road with hills, plains and beaches. The young men wear ginger leaf rings to protect themselves from evil spirits, and are dressed naked with white thongs around their waists in a dignified manner. At the word of command, the young men compete for the lead, like galloping horses, in a fierce race. Along the way there are relatives or lovers shouting support, and carry cakes, wine to prepare treats. Behind a warrior supervised the battle, a hand holding a spear, a hand carrying a white chicken, with the hand holding to keep plucking the feathers, towards the back of the laggard thrown, praying to God for help. At the same time, he shouted, "The ancestral spirit is with you, good luck comes with the gods, run!" After a fierce chase, the man who won the race was appointed the chief of the adult age group, and then led the group to bathe in the sea, praying to the god of the sea to purify their bodies and minds and give them invincible strength, and also to dip their spears in the sea, so that they could wipe away dirt and evil and gain invincible aura. From then on, the men who have passed the test of the race will have to join the clubhouse for rigorous training and promotion through the ranks. The coming-of-age ceremony of the Cao people is also held at the Bunsen Festival, when the adult boys are tested with the "cane", i.e., the tribal elders hold the cane and slap the boys' buttocks one by one and sternly reprimand them, saying: "Don't be greedy and playful, and if you're lazy, remember the legacy of your ancestors!" The boys should accept the cane in silence, can not show the appearance of pain, and then with the elders around the village for a week, and then back to the clubhouse to sing and dance all night long. From then on, the adult costume is changed, wearing a buckskin hat, breast pocket, shawl, corset, and a long knife on the waist, just like a warrior. Peinan people have to go through two rites of passage in their lives, the first rite of passage, also known as juvenile promotion club rituals, that is, the monkey festival, usually in November after the early rice harvest, a period of ten days, the main rituals are: cleaning the road, each holding a stick door-to-door to exorcise the evil activities, and to receive the youth level of the staff arm disciplinary action. On the third day, a solemn monkey-killing ceremony is held. After being promoted to the junior clubhouse, the black obi is formally worn. The second coming-of-age ceremony is held on the tenth day after the Monkey Matsuri extravaganza. Also known as the Great Hunting Festival, the coming-of-age ceremony focuses on bringing young people back to the mountains and forests where their ancestors fought to experience a group hunt, thereby acquiring hunting skills and traditional moral education. The hunt lasts for five days. First, the elders lead the youth group into the mountains and set up huts and altars for the elders to eat and sleep. That night, in the hunting camp campfire, the old man for the youth to hold a solemn "scarf ceremony", that is, take off the black waist scarf, replaced by a width of two and a half feet, three feet long, symbolizing adulthood of the blue waist scarf. Then they were ordered to hunt, and the prey they caught was slaughtered on the spot and offered to the gods, and then given to the adult men to eat. The next day, the young people went to the mountains and dense forests, each hunting, to fully demonstrate their hunting skills. The hunting process must comply with the regulations, there are strict restrictions on food and living, and the hunting range is limited to mountain pigs, deer, camphor and other animals that are good at running. It was only through this ordeal that the youths were recognized as adults, and the clan would await their return at home to rejoice in the fact that another group of youths had grown up. There is more... /question/68397614.html