4/2 Mountains and the Ocean-1

by | Mar 29, 2019 | keywords

WALIS Nokan, “Atayal”
  1. Taroko
  2. the Pacific Ocean
  3. the sun
  4. millet
  5. a national flag
  6. salt
  7. the glory of the men
  8. the rainbow bridge
  9. Governor-General Sakuma Samata
  10. When the stele finally came to an open wasteland, it cleaned the tattoos off its body until it became a child of the earth.
  11. an arrow of History
  12. Walis…Mona…Bihao…Yopas…Suyan…

WEI Te-sheng, Kano (film trailer)

WEI Te-sheng, Warriors of the Rainbow (film song)

General distribution of indigenous people in Taiwan

ZHONG Lihe, “My Grandma from the Mountains”
  1. Gari–our Hakka word for aboriginal
  2. the Paiwan aboriginal people of south Taiwan
  3. Hakka Chinese
  4. Hoklo/Hokkien Chinese
  5. braided her hair and coiled it all round her head
  6. beautiful tattoos
  7. “Garis don’t understand about years of age, all they know is that when the mangoes are in flower again another year has passed.”
  8. “Now that you know Grandm’s a Gari, do you still like Grandma?”
  9. the guba at his waist [head-hunting knives–but in reality multipurpose]
  10. Bewitching as this singing grandma was, my inner feelings were of confusion and fear.
YANG Mu, “Close to Xiuguluan” and “Their World”
  1. an Ami village
  2. smell
  3. millet
  4. The banana orchards, papaya trees, creeping wood sorrel, guava, betel palms, sweet orange, and pomelo, as well as reed flowers, angelica, spider brake, mulberry, lilies, morning glories, and canna lilies, all vied to show off in the summer like a vast symphony. The horsetail tree, Fomosan acacia, poplar, flame tree, Chinese banyan, giant bamboo, coir palm, dwarf elephant’s ear, as well as the stately China fir, black pine, and Formosan cypress either grew nearby or took shape at the limits of vision.
  5. the plains dwellers and the mountain dwellers
  6. the Dutch
  7. the Ming dynasty rule of Koxinga (Zheng Cheng-gong)
  8. the Qing dynasty rule
  9. the Japanese colonial authorities
  10. Saisiyat, Atayal, Tsou, Thao, Bunun, Rukai, Paiwan, Puyuma, the Yami of Orchid Island, and the Ami
  11. the story of the flood
  12. millet, glutinous rice
  13. quinoa, sweet potatoes, pigeon peas, sugarcane, sesame, peanuts, and cassava
  14. tobacco, betel nut, bananas, papayas, chili pepper, ginger, and taro as well as other types of melons and vegetables
  15. taboos, rites, festivals