From Indo-China Highlands an Ancestor of the Taiwanese 那位來自中南半島高地的台灣人祖先 The Zhuang people in Guangxi and the ancestors of Taiwanese may be connected by bloodline https://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week From left to right, Dai people (Khenesarong wikipedia), Tong people (Baidu wiki) and Zhuang people (Baidu wiki), have bloodline connection to Taiwanese ancestors. Original  article   THE STORM MEDIA   Yao-Chang Chen, Professor of Medicine, Hematology Katy Hui-wen Hung  Translate Dr HM Cheng  Edit     Related posts -  Fun Taiwanese Linguistic fact! Indigenous word for Taiwanese Han = Bad People ! Formosa DNA (2) Formosa DNA (1)

1. Our host  Aeles (tears in the Rukai language) at her restaurant Dawana ( a place of rest) 2. Buddha's head (fruit) in a bowl bought from a Paiwan wood-craftsman  3. The wood artist's most famous work - lily (flower) 4. Green Island on the horizon 5. Taiwan red quinoa  6. Ancient 'hot stone technique‘ soup My original plan was to go to Miaoli for a vegetable dyeing and weaving workshop with 林淑莉 Lin Shu-li a Taiwanese married into Atayal family and who demonstrated her skill in London in 2018. The workshop was closed until further notice. I therefore contacted Lily Wen (or Aeles Lrawbalrate in Rukai and 溫秀琴 in Mandarin) in Taitung if I could pay a long overdue visit - cancelled two years ago by typhoon. She readily welcomed and there I went with a friend. (Note -  For the Paiwan and Rukai peoples, lilies signify virtue and beauty in women as well as bravery and hunting power in men) We were greeted by a local friend and taken to