Taiwan is actually comprised of nearly 200 islands. One of these, Orchid Island, is home to the unique indigenous culture of the Tao people.
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Island Folklore: Taiwanese Tales & Traditions
An online repository of Taiwan’s folktales, history, legends, myths and traditions.
Taiwan is actually comprised of nearly 200 islands. One of these, Orchid Island, is home to the unique indigenous culture of the Tao people.
Read MoreHow the Red Leaves, an indigenous Taiwanese Little League team, emerged “out of left field” to ignite Taiwan’s baseball fever!
Read MoreThis is the story of how the Dutch East India Company arrived in Taiwan, named it, yanked it from its slumber and pushed it upon the world stage!
Read MoreTaiwan’s Bunun people are an indigenous Formosan nation of famed warriors and skilled hunters.
Read MoreHow Canadian George Leslie Mackay built Taiwan’s Presbyterian Christian Church and brought healthcare to thousands.
Read MoreAn Australian newspaper’s real-time report of a massacre that forever scarred the Taiwanese.
Read MoreThe fascinating, global story of early Taiwanese money.
Read MoreTaiwanese traditions that centre around the island’s cows, oxen and buffalos.
Read MoreA tongue-in-cheek guide to the bizarre and multifaceted history of Taiwanese toponyms.
Read MoreThe story of an old Taiwanese chieftain who dared to march against the Empire of Japan.
Read MoreA mysterious, otherworldly guide leads unsuspecting Thao hunters to a new homeland.
Read MoreThe indigenous folktale on the origin of the name of Taiwan’s beautiful Sun Moon Lake.
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