Beads (put on by servants) and Lily - Symbols of status, Egypt @The British Museum London I have since (2022 after Covid) discovered that LONDON is a great place for connecting Taiwan - for the cross-culturally minded.  Kew Gardens Needless to say, for my own case, an informal visit to Herbarium Library @Kew back in 2022 inspired Dr Cheng and I to co-author ‘ The Story of Taiwan Tea ’ which was published on the 80th anniversary of   ‘The Sinking of Shinsei-Maru.’ （ Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Shenjingwan Disaster - The Story of Taiwan Tea Published ） Purchase Note - 'The Story of Taiwan Tea ' link above is our US vendor. For academic purchase (bulk orders) outside Taiwan, substantial discount can be authorized by primary author Dr Cheng. For one copy at a time "authors' copies" now available for academic purchase at a substantial discount plus shipping.  If interested, contact me. Suggested Read Plant Collectors' Notebooks 採集人野帳 - Taiwan's ...

(TiBE Taipei International Book Exhibition) - third time running since 2024, I have been making interesting and surprising discoveries. Quite rewarding - knowing that I have been going about things in a constructive way and that things fall into places of their own accords eventually.) PEOPLE Indigenous Identity Pu:tu 本島/ 漢人  means Taiwan  Moto  本島/客人  (dialect) means Hakka A-mutou-ra 未漢人化 means Saisiyat. Related Article  WE/PEOPLE/HUMAN Identity 人 Seeding Bale/Truku Balay (Beautiful, Truly, People)   Slave 僕' Puyuma name historically for the Amis ? Korko Ta'ai And His Wife (Pick Loanwords - Bag Indigenous ) Ninety-Years On (1930-2025) Validating hypothesis for research appears to have become unworthy of doing, uninteresting, unimportant, and unappreciated. Indulgence and encouragement on hypothetical etymologies and arbitrary use of loanwords claiming indigenous or proto-Austronesian, on the other hand, becomes worthy cultural significance, interesting, im...

  飛魚的故鄉-達悟族 藝術家：王瓊麗 @沾美藝術庭苑 Jimmy’s Garden Taipei AliBangBang - Flying fish (Tao)  Paiwan Wood - Softwood 刺桐 立石鐵臣   Tateishi Tetsuomi  (1905-1980) Alifongfong/vonvon  桐 Ali-BangBang (Yami/Tao Flying-Fish) and Ali-VonVon (Ami/Pangcah Tamales) means the iconic, symbolic soft-spongy  柔/鬆/軟 (zaitun  刺桐 - Erythrina variegata )  wood. #bang, fong, von, (s)uvan, ang etc are transliteration of ( 刺) 桐 Chinese One Chinese word  桐 revitalized into several indigenous with a variety of spelling and usage. Tao  su van   刺 桐 flowering season is Flying-fish Al i bang bang season.  Paiwan  vucul  wood-craft often use 刺桐 for its softwood texture. Amis, Kavalan, Ketagalan etc use 刺桐 for its auspicious meaning such as 'The beginning of the year' (flowering season) and for special occasions.  Okinawa Deigo ( Erythrina variegata) is t he official flower of Okinawa 刺桐 Etymology and its intimate relationship with indige...

Takasago Beer (originally established in 1919)  - Predecessor of Taiwan Beer.  TTL released a "100th Anniversary Replica" edition of Takasago Beer, which uses the original, vintage branding and recipes. (TiBE Taipei International Book Exhibition) - third time running since 2024, I have been making interesting and surprising discoveries. Quite rewarding - knowing that I have been going about things in a constructive way and that things fall into places of their own accords eventually.) Takasago 高砂 phrase in Japan has auspicious meanings and cultural significance such as harmony, longevity, high class, prosperity - None of which came to my knowledge until yesterday!  Takasago 高砂 etymology meaning other than its use for Indigenous in Taiwan is something I learned yesterday.  It did not occur to me there could have been other meanings until I saw " 高砂 旅舘 Takasago H otel" poster in this book " 集章日本 1940 年臺灣商人蔡桑的旅行手帳 " （ Stamp Collection in Japan: A Travel Journ...