The Japanese punitive expedition to Taiwan in 1874, referred to in Japan as the Taiwan Expedition and in Taiwan and mainland China as the Mudan incident , was a punitive expedition launched by the Japanese in retaliation for the murder of 54 Ryukyuan sailors by Paiwan aborigines near the southwestern tip of Taiwan in December 1871. The success of the expedition, which marked the first overseas deployment of the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy, revealed the fragility of the Qing dynasty's hold on Taiwan and encouraged further Japanese adventurism. Diplomatically, Japan's embroilment with China in 1874 was eventually resolved by a Briti... Continue reading... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
4. Taiwan Aboriginal Culture ParkMajia Taiwanese indigenous peoples or formerly Taiwanese aborigines, Formosan people, Austronesian Taiwanese or Gaoshan people are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, who number nearly 530,000 or 2.3% of the island's population, or more than 800,000 people, considering the potential recognition of Taiwanese Plain Indigenous Peoples officially in the future. Recent research suggests their ancestors may have been living on Taiwan for approximately 5,500 years in relative isolation before a major Han immigration from mainland China began in the 17th century. Taiwanese aborigines are Austronesian peoples, with linguistic and genetic ties to other Austronesian people. Related ethnic groups include Polynesians, most people of the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei, among others. For centuries, ... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
{Trip} South Taiwan DONGYUAN FOREST RECREATION AREA (東源森林遊樂區)
A truly special place in southern Taiwan. Refreshing forest, a lake with lotus flowers and wild ginger lilies. Friendly people of the indigenous Paiwan Tribe. Great live music!
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English and Chinese Biya 比亞 Crying Lake 哭泣湖 Dongyuan Forest Recreation Area 東源森林遊樂區 Dongyuan Lake 東源湖 Dongyuan Wet Grassland 東源水上草原 Ginger Lily Festival 野薑花季 Hengchun Peninsula 恆春半島 Mudan Township 牡丹鄉 Paiwan Tribe 排灣族
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Article from Travel in Taiwan 9/10, 2016 Author: Rick Charette
Dongyuan Forest Recreation Area
Mudan Township in Pingtung County is like a “botanical garden,” a hidden-away mountain gem bursting with color where nature is allowed to be herself by her Paiwan Tribe custodians.
As we turned off Pingtung County’s east-west Provincial Highway 9 and headed south along the narrow and twisting, yet well-paved and -maintained County Highway 199, which meanders its way toward the very popular tropical Kenting National Park on Taiwan’s far-south tip, the impression quickly built that this was one of the prettier roads I’d been on in Taiwan.
We were in the deep-south section of Taiwan’s long, thick central-mountain spine. There was thick foliage on both sides; trees leaned over the road as if in welcome, presenting the gift of dappled shade on this bright, hot day. There was a strong scent of blooming flowers and busy butterflies and birds flitted about. Ever so often we’d catch a glimpse of the Pacific to the east, far below and beyond.
We had entered Biya’s world. Mudan Township is Paiwan Tribe country. Our destination was Dongyuan, one member of Taiwan’s southernmost cluster of indigenous settlements. It was early July, this was the first weekend of Dongyuan’s annual Ginger Lily Festival, and Biya (whose Chinese name is Sun Ming-heng) was to be our guide.
Adding to the color of our approach on Highway 199 was a steady stream of huffing, puffing, bright-garbed cyclists headed uphill the other way. Biking has exploded in Taiwan, and the 199 is part of a popular round-island cycle route. Here, on the Hengchun Peninsula’s east side, the coastal highway is interrupted, so riders, literally and figuratively, face an uphill battle when heading north from Kenting National Park.
Biya, decked out in traditional warrior ceremonial garb, met us at the wood-theme entrance to the community’s pride and joy, the Dongyuan Forest Recreation Area (NT$100 entry fee). Before us was a lovely small lake, thick with lily pads and reeds along its sides, bursting with the year’s wild white ginger lily bloom. On the far side was a large grove of tall trees shading a park-like area busy with people.
“Dongyuan is in a mountain depression,” Biya began his introduction. “It is oblong-shaped; the northeast end, where we are, is higher than the southwest end. Roughly speaking, the shape is like a tongue. Our village runs along the middle of the tongue’s north side, along the main road. We use this lake and mahogany-grove area as the tourist entrance to the forest recreation area, which runs higher up along the edge of the tongue behind and down beyond the village. At the tongue’s bottom is a huge bog, the Dongyuan Wet Grassland, which is a protected area.”
The community offers eco/culture tours to visitors (about 2 hours), which take in the lake-perimeter trail, forest grove, village spots, and bog. Biya first took us around the trail, which also goes through the grove, called the Aroma Forest.
“The Dongyuan community is a sub-tribe of the Paiwan Tribe, Taiwan’s second-largest indigenous group. Today we number about 500. The Paiwan have long lived in the hills and mountains of the far south, away from the coasts, for safety.
“The name ‘Dongyuan’ was chosen because we are east of Mudan, the largest area village, and in a headwater catchment depression; so ‘Dongyuan,’ meaning ‘eastern source or fountain. The lake is formally called Dongyuan Lake, but is also called Crying Lake. People believe some sad or mysterious Paiwan tale must be the source, but in fact the reason for the name is that the Chinese for “crying,” kuqi, sounds like the original name ‘Jiaguji.’
“The lake has now been allowed to return to its natural state, and we’ve introduced wild ginger lilies, not here before, for tourism purposes. They’ve long been important in Paiwan culture, used to strengthen stream and pond banks, in herbal medicines, and in our foods. In fact, during the Japanese era, the Mudan area was called Taiwan’s ‘botanical garden’ – wild peonies, wild ginger lilies, and other wildflowers grew in abundance, decorating the landscape.”
Taiwan 2013 part 5
Fifth & final video clip of our July/August 2013 trip to Taiwan. This video includes the train back to Taipei from Tainan, Shilin night market and Mudan House with the amazing Kuku. As a travel destination, we found Taiwan to be the friendliest and safest place we've been to in Asia. There appears to be relatively few Western tourists travelling there and I have no idea why. It's a highly recommended place to visit. Taipei and Tainan are both outstanding cities.
Follow Me Around: Kaohsiung/Kenting
Follow me around Kaosiung and Kenting, Taiwan! It rained for the majority of my trip, but I still made the best of it. Plus, I got to see the dragon boat festival race on Love Lake and WILD MONKEYS IN THE MOUNTAINS! Special thanks to the Mudan Hotel Resort and Spa for letting me live it up during my trip and embrace my bougie self.
The AMAZING Hotel I stayed at with double personal jacuzzis, beautiful mountain view, and 12 public pools!!!: The Mudan No. 251-68, Wenquan Road, Checheng Township, Pingtung County, 944, Taiwan
Places visited: Kaohsiung Harbor Love Lake (Dragon Boat Race for Dragon Boat Festival) Southernmost Point of Taiwan Various temples in Kaohsiung and Kenting First Madame President's birth home (Cai Ying-wen, current president)
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Kenting-Tour (Part 2/3)
Riding my Honda Hornet 250 from Kaohsiung to Kenting National Park on a sunny Sunday in January. Total mileage of this daytrip was about 350km.
This second part shows the way from Kenting to Taiwan's southernmost village, then along the beautiful east coast to Mudan township.
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China, its aging population and the healthcare problem
China is facing an aging population that needs health care. But who is paying for the aging population in China? How much health care can China provide for its aging population? Seriously ill people have to go to the big cities for adequate healthcare. But the hospitals in Chinas big cities are overcrowded. So where will the aging population find good healthcare?
In the past 30 years, life for people in China has changed drastically. Photographer Ruben Terlou travels with his camera through the heart of China, from north to south. On his journey, he is trying to find out what it´s like to live and work in today. What is the future of this gigantic country? And what do ordinary Chinese people appreciate or value?
In the fifth episode Ruben Terlou arrives in Changsha, where hospitals are overcrowded. Many young people go to the city. And thus, the countryside becomes populated by elderly people who have to save themselves. The migration also has major consequences for China's health care. Because the insurance system is not geared towards so many new city dwellers. The consequence is that many Chinese people come into major financial problems as soon as they become ill.
China is ageing rapidly. 70 years ago, when founding the People´s Republic, Mao called upon all Chinese to have as many children as possible. The more Chinese, the greater the revolution. The result was a huge baby boom. Today that generation is old and if they are sick, they need to find a place in the hospital. That is a major problem, as the healthcare is just not made for this huge amount of people.
Ruben speaks to the elderly tea farmers in Fujian and follows seriously ill cancer patients waiting in a street full of cheap hotels next to the hospital of Changsha for their treatment and hope for cure.
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