A brief (we try to be brief…) introduction of Taiwanese Culture Tea Tasting The Mid-Autumn Festival The Ghost Month Taiwan Soap Opera Indigenous Taiwanese Presented by Norman, Julia, Kate, Johnason and Vera

Tea is a part of life and available in every form-form cheap, refreshing bottled in convenience store, to expensive, rare high mountain leaves Bottled tea Gong-fu tea

leaves> oxidized> baked >rolled> fired plant：camellia sinensis all types of tea com from oolong tea Color of tea green oolong black tea tea tea different kinds of tea have different color Drinking tea is style of life and started thousands of years ago in china

How to brew gong-fu tea infuse pour smell drink 1.Use pure or mineral water to brew the tea 2.Fill the teapot to the top and cover, wait to right time pour the tea out into the pitcher (fair cup) 3. distribute the tea in the aroma cups , After the aroma cups are filled, position one tasting cup, upside down, over each aroma cup smell drink https://tw.voicetube.com/videos/6090

Taiwanese Festival ---the Mid Autumn festival Presenter: Julia

Festivals in the first half of a year Chinese Date(*lunar) English 新年 Jan. 1 New Year‘s Day 農曆除夕 Jan* Chinese New Year’s Eve 春節 Chinese New Year (12 Chinese zodiac animals) 元宵節 Feb Lantern Festival 婦女節 Mar. 8 Women's Day 婦幼節 Apr. 4 Women and Children‘s Day 清明節 Apr. 5 Tomb Sweeping Day 母親節 May Mother’s Day 端午節 May 5* Dragon Boat Festival

Festivals in the second half of a year Chinese title Date English title 中元節 Jul. 15 * Ghosts’ Festival 父親節 Aug. 8 Father‘s Day 中秋節 Aug. 15 * Moon Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival 農曆七夕 Jul. 7 * Chinese Valentine‘s Day 重陽節 Sep. 9 Double Ninth Festival 教師節 Sep. 28 Teacher’s Day, Confucius‘ Birthday 雙十節 Oct. 10 National Day 臺灣光復節 Oct. 25 Taiwan Retroration Day 蔣公誕辰 Oct. 31 Birthday of President Chiang Kai-shek 國父誕辰 Nov. 12 Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Birthday 冬至 Dec. 22 the winter solstice, midwinter 行憲紀念日 Dec. 25 Constitution Day

12 Chinese zodiac animals Introduction: http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/chinese-zodiac/ horoscope: http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/2016/default.htm

Mid-Autumn Festival （中秋節） 8/15*: The festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, which is in September or early October in the Gregorian calendar. It is also known as the the Moon Festival or ”Zhong Chou Jie”. Legend: It began as a harvest festival. The festival was later given a mythological legend of Chang-E, the beautiful lady in the moon: the earth once had 10 suns circling over it, and people lived in pain because of the heat. A strong archer, Hou Yi, saved the world by shooting down 9 suns. And thus became the ruler. However people say that “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” Hou Yi became tyrannical and pursued immoral life. Once he got the elixir of immortality, his wife, Chang-E swallowed it in order to save the people from the dictator. Thus she became light and flew to and lived on the moon. Celebration: Also because of the pronunciation of round moon（月圓）is homophonic with family reunion（團圓）, people in this day get together with family members, viewi the full moon and have mooncakes for celebration. And thus began the barbecue culture as a activity that people can do while viewing the moon outdoor. Introduction videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbTD5vYR_f4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSlmQ01XDhk

the Ghost Month and the Chinese Ghost Festival (Hungry Ghost Festival) Chinese Ghost Month the Ghost Month and the Chinese Ghost Festival (Hungry Ghost Festival)

Chinese Ghost Month the activities during the ChineseGhost Month: chungyuan pu-tu; the water lanterns; the grapping with ghosts Some taboos

Taiwan Soap Opera Length (per episode) is very long Plot is very ridiculous Actor’s performance is exaggerative These are not as good as US Series, BUT they are important entertainment for Taiwanese, especially for the elderly!

Taiwan Soap Opera Classic clip 1

Taiwan Soap Opera Classic clip 2

Indigenous Taiwanese Austronesian peoples There are 16 indigenous tribes recognized by government. The population is 540,000, account for 2% of population of Taiwan. Most of them live in the mountainous areas. Each tribe has its own language, custom and social system.

Traditional Paiwan tribe wedding Source: eachlee.com

Atayal woman with facial tattoo Vera wears Tsou traditional outfit Amis Harvest Festival