Inō Kanori 1897 Keelung Xiandong  仙洞 visit  (Gemini produce)  Rosey Peng  彭凌  direct  descendant of  潘正房  ( Catayo  塔塔悠  clan chief),  recently did an interesting talk at Sixth Taiwan Old-Family Conference on her ancestral discovery and Ketagalan Project   she is currently in charge.  Rosey is the second Catayo-community speaker at this annual conference. The first one is Hsu  許 家銘 HERE .  I in the meantime googled  and noticed Ino interviewed 潘正房 (Poan-Chyonpan)  in 1897 and consequently published articles on his Ketagalan survey. My immediate thought was 'I wondered what Ino wrote about Poan-Cp'.  1. MOST STRANGE - f ifteen and unmarried  in 1897, twenty-five and married in 1893 A couple of weeks later, on passing by  南天書局 one afternoon I thought I'd pop in and checked it out.  I then noticed something strange -   Poan-Cp's daughter (aka Rosey Peng's 4th genera...

Gemini image of " White Chow-Chow roaming in an indigenous village of Taiwan in the 17th century and women weaver". Not bad at al!! THE DOG Dog-hair garments and ornaments  Georgius Candidius observed and recorded in 1627 belonged to White Chow Chow. How important or how interesting is Chow Chow's hair to indigenous Taiwanese culture (weaving, fabric dyes, rituals and ornaments) over more than 200 years (17-19 century) ? VERY. Details HERE and HERE . Georgius Candidius, in 1627, recorded 'ayam mamiang' (dog hair) spoken in local (Sinkang Tainan) dialect.  ayam  means  dog is in the Philippines language . mamiang I am not sure, but could also be dog in the Malay language. OR something to do with 'hair' - long white-haired dog. Point here -  ayam means dog (Siraya dialect in 17th-century) is left unidentified and unused by Siraya language activists  over some thirty years of language revitalisation.  Instead,  ayam means bird/chic...

I have been watching Manpuku on Netflix for several months now - I picked up episodes on an irregular basis and I have not finished. 'Taiwan Travelogue'  publishing success in May, however, made me re-think about the drama from an anthropological angle -  fictional Japanese writer Aoyama's 1938 visit to Taiwan.  Manpuku era begins at late 1930s. It's interesting and before I forget - here is a list of what I consider worth-noting.  'Chow Chow from China' was shown on one  Manpuku scene where Chow Chow the ancient dog from northern China was mentioned. 1. The Chow-Chow and its significant presence in indigenous history  Georgius Candidius recorded  'ethatao' 'ayam mamiang' , both associated with 'long white-haired dogs' (according to translated 17th Dutch document). "Georgius Candidius (1597 – 30 April 1647) was a Dutch Reformed Church missionary to Dutch Formosa from 1627 to 1637.  He was the first missionary to be stationed ...