TAIWAN

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TAIWAN
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Formation of Taiwan and its geographical position

• The shape of the Island of
  Taiwan is like a spindle-shaped sweet potato. Its
  north-south direction is 385km long and its
  east-west direction is 143km wide. The topography
  of the Island of Taiwan is varied and
  complicated. As to the gradient, with less than
  100km level from east-west coastal to the
  Juiliang Mountain Range Central Mountain Range
  of Taiwan, there is almost a 4,000 meters fall in
  it height. Aside from Juiliang Mountain Range,
  there is the Hsuehshan (Mt. Snow) Mountain Range
  at the east, and Alishan (Mt. Ali) Mountain Range
  and Yushan Mountain Range at the west. And
  colorful topography such as river valleys,
  basins, plains, marshes, and volcano belts appear
  from the overlapping layers of peaks. With
  regards to basins, from the north to the south
  there are the Taipei Basin, Taichung Basin, Puli
  Basin, and there is the Taiyuan Basin at the
  eastern part. The three obvious volcano belt
  regions are the Tatun Volcanic Group, Keelung
  Volcanic Group, and the Penghu Volcanic Group in
  the Taiwan Strait. Talking about the geology of
  Taiwan, then it is ever changing. The Island of
  Taiwan was formed through the collision of plates
  and orogenesis. Its geology tectonics is situated
  in the mobile belt zone, with irregular scale and
  frequent earthquake and accompanied with formed
  active fault as proof. Taiwan is situated at the
  boundary belt of the Eurasia Continental Plate
  and the Pacific Ocean Plate, which belongs to a
  younger orogenic belt. Due to its special
  geological development background and the effect
  of its high air temperature, very humid, plenty
  of rain, and concentrated rainfall, it has
  achieved a rich and valuable geological/topographi
  cal scenery.

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Submarine Topography

• It is known from the submarine
  topographic map of nearby Taiwan that the sea
  depth at eastside and west side of the Island of
  Taiwan differs greatly. As to its submarine
  topography, one side of the Taiwan Strait is on
  the Continental shelf with less than 200 meters
  sea depth while on the South Pacific side is
  several thousand deep of sea trench and sea
  basin. From the sea bottom at the east side you
  will discover that there is a group of unique
  topography at the Ilan Sea extending to the east
  toward Ryukyu, this is a part of the island arc
  system of Ryukyu. And between Taitung to Hengchun
  Peninsula there is another group of unique
  topography extending to the south toward Luzon
  (Philippines), which is a part of the island arc
  of Luzon. Volcano island arc and the accompanied
  sea trench is one of the features of plate
  concealed boundary. From the boundary to the east
  is called the Philippine Sea Plate and to the
  west is the Eurasia Continental Plate. For so
  many years the Philippine Sea Plate moved toward
  north west slowly by steadily and continuously
  colliding with the Eurasia Continental Plate. As
  a result the Taiwan Central Mountain Range raised
  from the bottom of the sea and cause metamorphic
  action. Bo wonder the main axis line of the
  topography of the Island of Taiwan northeast
  southwest direction, and no wonder the quality
  change of the stratum of the Central Mountain
  Range gradually increases from west to east! The
  plate border on the island of Taiwan is situated
  between the Central Mountain Range and Huatung
  Longitudinal Valley. In other words, the Coast
  Mountain Range was merged in the Island of
  Taiwan with the collision of Philippine Sea
  Plate. This is why the geological feature of
  Central Mountain Range is completely different
  from the other area in the island.

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Local Legend

• Folklore has it that Turtle Island
  is large female turtle, and when Cheng Cheng-kang
  led soldiers to Taiwan during the Ming Dynasty,
  the turtle attacked him, and was wounded by
  returned arrow. The egg the turtle laid then
  metamorphosed into todays Turtle Island, and the
  sulfur apertures were wounds left from the arrow
  injury. Another legend has it that in the Dragon
  Kingdom, General Turtle fell in love with
  Princess Dragon,   displeasing the Dragon King
  who turned the general into an island, and the
  princess the beautiful Lanyang Plane that the
  couple can gaze at each other from afar. The sad
  but beautiful romantic story in the eyes of
  Fongshuei masters is a very auspicious
  configuration turtle and snake guarding
  seaport the extensive, continuous sand dunes
  along the coastline actually retain the ground
  force of the plane, prospering Lanyang.

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The Beauty of The Ocean 1

• The geology of the east coast
  consists of the sandstone and another stones in
  the old third century or other era, and it also
  consists of the volcanic rocks of the new third
  century. The trend of the ground is parallel to
  the line of the coast, and the coast is faulted
  coast made by faulting. The faulted coast goes
  from lai lai nose of the northeast to the Chiupon
  of the south in east of Hen-Tsu island. This
  coast is very steep. It has the height over 1,200
  meter,but when it go into the ocean ,the deepness
  is also down to 4,000 meter .
• The northeast coast         
• The coast from Taipei county to Ilan
  county is 66 km in length. It is the first
  national scenic spot. There is rich nature,
  culture, and food, and equipments, so many
  tourists enjoy going there.

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The Beauty of The Ocean 2

• the north coast      
• The landscape of the mountains and
  the sea here is pretty beautiful, and there are
  lots of animals, plants, and herbs.
• the south coast         
• Due to the south coast is in the
  tropics, it has nice situations for coral such as
  clear water, the average temperature and the
  salt, so it formed as typical fringing reef.

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The Yu Shan National Park

• The Yu Shan region, situation in the center
  of Taiwans main island, is noted for its unique
  geological location. Flanked by towering peaks of
  a majestic view, it is one of the few mountainous
  regions in Taiwan that remain unspoiled, and in
  it is the tallest peak across Northeast Asia,
  the Yu Shan main ridge, which measures 3,952
  meters above the sea level.

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The ecology of animals and plants

• The ecology of birds 
• Taiwan is the stopover spot for migrating
  birds in the Southeast region. So there have a
  lot of kinds birds will be there every year. The
  especially one is the scray. The birds are moving
  here frequently in January to April every year.

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The ecology of plants 

• ?The community of herbaceous plant?In general,
  we can usually see some plants in Taiwan.
• Blanket flowerThis flower is stand for Penghu
  county. Its come from the south of America and
  now we can see them everywhere in Penghu.

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The bustling town of Taipei

• Taipei City, situated at the center of
  the Taipei Basin in the northern part of the
  Taiwan main island, borders Taipei County with
  the river flow of Tamsui River, Hsintien Shih and
  Keelung River, where the city encompasses 272
  square kilometers. Where the region is shaped by
  the Sungshan Hill in northewest and the Chingsui
  Pit that offer a natural shield and to the north
  are Mount Datun, Mt/ Chishing, Mt. Chutze, Mt.
  Mientien, which are collectively referred as the
  Mt. Tatung ridges, where remnants of various
  volcanic geographies abound.

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The harbor city of Kaohsiung

• Kaohsiung was once known by two
  names one is Takau, and the other Tagu. As
  documented in archival data from the Ming and
  Qing eras, both expressions have been used
  concurrently. The term Takau, according to
  fables, has derived from Kaohsiung harbor area
  that was once the habitat of the lowland Matakau
  tribe, hence the name Takao tribe or the bamboo
  bush tribe Takao in itself translates to bamboo
  bushes, and the spelling has derived from its
  phonetic sounds.

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The metropolitan of Taichung

• The greater Taichung area rights up
  there right next to the two central-ruled
  municipalities of Taipei and Kaohsiung in terms
  of geography, economic and population
  development. Flanked by Changhua, Nantou and
  Taichung County in close vicinity, its immense
  tourism and travel resources also put the greater
  Taichung area on the map for its bright future
  development. Moreover, its strategic geography,
  coupled with a wealth of tourism and recreational
  resources, gauging from the recently founded
  central regional metropolitan park and the
  premiere shopping mall across Southeast Asia
  Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store, further
  asserts Taichung to naturally become an
  administrative hub for the central region, and an
  entertainment hub of ideal metropolitan living
  trailing right behind Taipei with a bright
  future. Thanks to its mild temperatures,
  convenient public transport and a thriving
  tourism industry, some of the well-known tourism
  spots include the Taichung Park, the Folklore
  Museum, the Museum of Natural Science, the
  Botanical Garden, the Fong Loh Sculpture Park,
  the Dong Kuang bicycle lanes, the Museum of Arts,
  the Confucius Template, the Great Pit scenic
  area, to name a few. In addition to which, some
  88 hectares at the Taichung Metropolitan Park has
  been reserved for eco-conservation, amusement and
  education, where it provides an ideal venue for
  the denizens of Taichung to job, exercise, bird
  watch and appreciate the floral and fauna amid a
  bustling city landscape.

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The historical city of Tainan

• As the earliest settlement, Tainan
  City boasts as the oldest city every built in
  Taiwan. In 1661 following Chen Cheng-kung's
  defeating the Dutchmen and reclaiming the island,
  a government administration had been set up in
  Tainan, where cultivation began with many
  infrastructure developments that soon followed,
  luring mainland settlers to migrate to the area
  in droves. With migrant vessels flocking to the
  area, the municipality was noted for mushrooming
  merchant shops, and the foundation of a
  metropolitan Tainan was built. Yet despite
  Governor Chen's early demise, his son however was
  able to assume his ambition to move on to build
  the Confucius Temple, launched schools with
  diligent management that brought unprecedented
  prosperity to the region. It was not until 1684
  when the Qing court conquered Taiwan once again
  did a Taiwan prefectural government been erected
  in Tainan serving as the capitol of the island.
  In 1885 as Taiwan was formally appointed a
  province of China, the Taiwan prefectural
  government was upgraded as Tainan provincial
  government, and in the process giving Tainan its
  name we come to know today. This went on until
  the late 1800s that Tainan continued to serve as
  an important political, economic and cultural hub
  across Taiwan, and thanks to the historical
  developments, Tainan had been blessed with an
  abundance of important cultural remnants and
  heritage sites, and no doubt earned its
  reputation as a cultural historical city. During
  the Japanese occupation era, the tree canopy
  formed by the abundant of flame trees that lined
  two sides of Chungshan Road, or what was once
  referred as the Taisho Machi, and that along
  Fuchien Road come to paint the area with a sea of
  the flaming red hue and offer a southern tropical
  ambience, where the flame tree blossoms dotting
  the streets in magnificent shades of red seem to
  echo the earnest desire to break free from the
  traditional bind and take flight to the
  infinitely expansive blue skies.

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Penghu

•           Religion is very frequently in Penghu.
  In 97 villages have 165 temples. We can see
  something to ward off the evils everywhere like
  Wuying, Shigandang, and Shanhaizhenetc. In the
  meantime, the age-old temples like Tienho Temple,
  Chenghwan Temple, Wusheng Temple, Kuanyin
  Templeetc. are very important for history. To
  base on the archeology says that around 5
  thousand years ago. The Pescadores has some
  prehistoric culture here. The culture is also
  very close to the coast in the southwest in
  Taiwan.

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The food of Northern area

• Food in Tamshui
• A-Poh's Iron Eggs
• Delicious Fish Ball
• Keelung temple(Miaokou)
• Dou-chian Gen(Bean Noodle Stew)

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The food of Middle area

• Taichung Meat Dumplings (Taichung Bah-wan or
  Taichung Row-yuan)The history of Taichung
  Row-yuan specializing in Taiching Meat Dumplings
  is sixty years old. Many people like to eat the
  food because it is delicious.
• ?Cheng-zhunag Machi? It is the most famous
  machi in Shi-lo because it uses the best rice in
  Taiwan. Therefore it tastes delicious.

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The food of Southern area

• ?Madoh Fried Oysters? The Badoh (beans) are
  grinded in powder and mixed with water, salt and
  flavoring. The oysters and other ingredients are
  sandwiched between 2 layers of the bean mixture
  to be deep-fried to a golden-yellow tone, where
  one could smell the fragrance of the oysters. It
  is then sliced into pieces to be served with
  ketchup and soy paste.
• ?Lees Vegetable Rice Dumplings? Lees Vegetable
  Rice Dumplings is an old name for rice dumplings
  in Kaohsiung. They insist on making them by only
  using long glutinous rice, premium bamboo leaves
  from Meishan, Chiayi, and using premium peanuts
  picked from fields throughout the island, making
  the taste just right and unique.

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Night Market Delicious Food

• ?Egg oyster omelets?Its the most expensive and
  popular egg oyster omelet shop here. And the
  pilaf is another specialty at this shop.
• ?Spicy and Pungent tofu? No less than 10
  ingredients plus the capsicum imported from
  Thailand are in the soup. The soup is made tasty
  by delicate processes and careful control of the
  stove. And the customer can choose varying degree
  of spiciness to enjoy their piquant sense.

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Hakka traditional food

• Hakka people live in north of China,
  Because of many wars they moved southwards. Local
  people treated them as guests and therefore
  they are given the name Hakka. Hakka food is
  mainly salty, pleasant-smelling and oily. Hakka
  people work very hard and they therefore eat more
  salty food to regain salt they lost via
  perspiration. If they cannot finish the food,
  they will put more salt in the food in order to
  preserve them. Pickled vegetables with fatty
  meats, Gingers with Pig Intestines, soy-boiled
  pig knuckles and many others are the famous food
  of Hakka. Fu-vegetable, Wild Lan is the wild
  vegetable of Hakka Food.

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Hakkas Cultural

• Understand the origin of the Hakkas and their
  development in Taiwan Origin of the Hakkas and
  their development in TaiwanThe root of the
  Hakkas is the Central Plains, and due to war
  migrated south to Gan, Nin, Mei River basins and
  the mountain areas of various provinces in the
  south. These Hakkas developed the area,
  cultivated farms, and gradually took root. To the
  locals they were guests, and thus were called the
  Hakka (literally means guests), which they
  eventually acquired.

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Origin of the Southern Fukienese and Taiwan
Development History

• The southern part of Fukien was originally
  home to ancient Paiyue clan. It wasnt until
  after Jin Dynasty did the Han in the Central
  Plains begin to migrate en masse to southern
  Fukien there had been two exoduses since. The
  merging of Central Plains culture and southern
  Fukienese culture actually provided southern
  Fukienese culture a chance to develop its own
  characteristics. Migration is the common cause
  why southern Fukienese culture and Hakanese
  culture have spread so widely throughout history.

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The Original Settlers

• Before the Han people migration, evidence of
  human settlement is found around two thousand
  years ago during the Neolithic till use of tools
  period. Considerable stone tools such as stone
  net pendants, ceramic pieces and stone axes have
  been found on the islands prehistoric sites,
  evidencing vibrant human activities.

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The Development of Temples in Taiwan

• The temples in Taiwan can be roughly
  divided into three stages. The first stage is
  also known as the Migration Period. Newly
  immigrated to a strange environment, in praying
  for safety and peace, immigrants carried burned
  incense and idols along, thus sowed the seed of
  temples in Taiwan. The second stage is the
  Agricultural Period. After settling, immigrants
  began establishing a close relationship with the
  land, gave full play to the skill of the Hans,
  which is agriculture technique, and temples
  related to crops, epidemics, and land gradually
  emerged. The third stage is the Commerce Period.
  As streets and markets were formed, merchants
  suddenly appeared, community work sharing was
  detailed. In order to protect their common
  interest every line of works began renovating and
  building patron saint temples of their common
  industry or hometown. We can still discover the
  identity of the donator on the stone sculpture on
  the walls of temples. Thats why Taiwan temples
  had recorded a rich and detailed history of its
  social development.

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The history of religious development in Taiwan

• Buddhism
• Yiguang Dao
• Daoism

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Taiwan Folk Beliefs

• When China coastal arhans migrated to Taiwan,
  they had to cross the black gap's, namely the
  Taiwan Straits, torrent waters and typhoon
  threats. Matzu and divine emperor Shengyeng are
  the earliest patron saints of Taiwanese. Primal
  Taiwan were sporadically ravaged by plague, and
  resorted to plea with the god of plague Wangyeh,
  which is where today's Wangyeh Temple in Tungkang
  originated. They started to cultivate land,
  conflict amongst themselves and with the
  aborigines, migrants and people of other origins
  ensued, thus residents from the same geographic
  location gathered together.

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Differentiation of Religion and Belief

• Western Religions in Taiwan .
• The differences of religion and folk belief lie
  in.

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Festivites

• Lantern Festival
• Legend of Yenshui Shooting Firecrackers
• Balloon Lantern Release
• Mid-Summer Highlight Dragon Boat Festival
• Origin of Ghost Festival

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Folk Activies

• Top
• Shuttlecock
• Rope Skipping

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The Developing History of Pottery and Porcelain
in Taiwan

• Initial kiln factories produced living utensiles
  such as big pots, jugs, earthenware jars, tea
  utensiles, and flower basins. Owing to worse
  qualification of production, the businessmen lack
  cultivation of beauty. Thus, these businessmen
  only request mass production and durability .

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Categories and Decoration of Wooden Carving

• The scope of the application and decoration
  for wooden carving is quite wide. The variety and
  the wooden carving materials for its performing
  style are different. Thus, it is divided into
  many species. The following statement will
  introduce its performing style and discuss their
  significance of appliance and decoration. 

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The Crystal Glass

• Crystal glass is a kind of glass containing
  lead. British George Ranvenscroft found that the
  reflection of this glass is excellent with sense
  of weight and available softness and hardness, so
  it is very suitable for art creation. The quality
  of this glass is very elegant like a natural
  crystal, so it is called crystal glass.