TAIYANG (SUN)  SYMBOLISM OF DEMOCRACY Original Sun Cake Logo Banned For Twenty-Five Years 臺陽 represents Taiwan Sun 太陽   and the famous 'Sun Cake' 太陽餅 (which plays a role in the Sunflower student movement) original logo created by Yen Shui-long 顏水龍 （1903-1997） at Taichung Taiyang bakery 太陽堂.  More Taiyang details see 'Becoming Taiwanese' post   HERE . Sun Cookies - Win Son Recreation (Page 247) Vibrant-colors covers and photos! Flipping pages of  the complimentary Win Son presents A Taiwanese American Cookbook  (My contribution is on page 222 'Taiwanese Food History'),  I was drawn to a Sun Cookie recipe and development - how it ended up looking and tasting nothing like the original in Taiwan -  white, flaky, hidden-syrup and a childhood snack enjoyed soaked in milk.  I messaged Trigg Brown, he explained, shortly afterwards I told him I could expand and I could superimpose the original. "You're blowing my mind" says Trigg. I told him...

E-LINK  滬尾守衛阿火旦   I was given this comic by my friend (founder of Gaea Books Co. and Taiwan Comic Base) at a fantastic  banquet held in Tamsui. My research result (with significant input from historian friend) seen in this well-received article  " A gastronomic recounting of the Sino-French War at Tamsui " .  Who is A-ho-da  Dish 4   “A-ho-da (阿火旦)” pocket meat: Local militia leader Chang Li-cheng (張李成) gathered about 500 Hakka and Aboriginal warriors (who were documented shooting flintlock rifles lying down with the barrel between their toes), pocketing a hard-won victory, hence the braised pork belly in steamed pancake pockets. Chang’s nickname A-ho-da is reportedly an amalgamation of his fiery temperament and his playing of female roles in traditional opera troupes. Shooting flintlock rifles lying down with the barrel between their toes  - See   The Battle of Keelung 1884-1885 Participation of aboriginal warriors -  See French Severe...

  Taiwania cryptomerioides  Hayata   （Kew's Herbarium) No 001 p50 -60  Rhododendron kanehirai Wilson   (Kew's Herbarium) No 003 p147 Taiwan by 1930s This post is prepared for  The Economic Botany Collection at Kew  to explain the reasoning and context behind my donation (on behalf of Gaea Books Co.) of a series of botanical-themed comic books. Background (Botanical and Colonial History) Taipei Nursery was first built  in 1896 during the Japanese colonial period. It was later expanded and renamed Taipei Botanical Garden in 1921 and became the first botanical garden in Taiwan.  In 1924, the construction of Taiwan's oldest and most complete herbarium was completed.  In 1930, there were 1,129 species in the garden, serving largely academic research and natural sciences.   In 1903 the French priest Urbain Jean Faurie came to Taiwan for the first time and collected large numbers of Taiwanese plants, many of which he sent to the West, giv...