1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 12 Chinese zodiac animals
Introduction:
horoscope:

9. 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:

10. 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)

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

12. 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!

13. Taiwan Soap Opera
Classic clip 1

14. Taiwan Soap Opera
Classic clip 2

15. 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.

16. Traditional Paiwan tribe wedding
Source: eachlee.com

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