Sakuliu Pavavalun 'Paiwan Wedding'  Trichodesma calycosum 假酸槳 Taiwan ' Jin Huang Mango'  金煌芒果 Zanthoxylum ailanthoides  刺蔥 tana Namasia District   (Tsou language: Namasia; Chinese:  那瑪夏區)  is a mountain indigenous district located in the northeastern part of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is the second largest district in Kaohsiung after Taoyuan 桃源 District. The population of the township is mainly  the indigenous Bunun, Kanakanavu and Saaroa peoples. The modern-day population of the Kanakanavu people live in the two villages of Manga and Takanua . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namasia_District NUYA AHANAH 努亞 阿海納 I was connected to Ahanah through ' East Kaohsiung Friendly Food Tour ' scheme introduced to me by a mutual friend Rich Matheson (a veteran Canadian photographer based in Southern Taiwan). Rich contributed a number of photos to my co-authoring...

Indigenous 'Paylang' 白浪 (Taiwanese Han) = Taiwanese Hokkien ‘ pháinn-lâng’ 歹人 (Bad People) Indigenous - Taiwan Hokkien  Linguistics Puzzle Remarkably Solved!   陳耀昌  Chen Yao Chang a veteran hematology professor, stem cell researcher and historical novelist - o nce again supplied me the answer to a question from 3 years ago, an answer I have not been able to reach from any indigenous 'specialists' I came across.  First wonderful information Professor Chen gave me is on  The Principal Unit of Land Measure  : The principal unit of land measure is 甲 (Taiwanese: kah, Hakka: kap, Mandarin: jiǎ). The unit is derived from the obsolete Dutch morgen, which was introduced during Taiwan's Dutch era. The second one (and I am sure there will be plenty more 'surprises' from the extraordinary Professor Chen!) is on this term 白浪 (pinyin bailang) I first heard from a sausage vendor in Wulai Old Street. His stall is the first one after this...

Penglai Isles, Anhui, China Losin Watan (Sitting)  1921 Medical School Graduation PENGLAI 蓬莱 HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN  THIS BLOGPOST :  The word “ponlai” is derived from a pair of Chinese characters pronounced pénglái in Mandarin. In both Chinese and Japanese legend, Pénglái is a mythical paradise, and the name has been fondly applied to Taiwan by writers and poets who recognized how much this bountiful island could provide for its human inhabitants.   A couple of examples of usage are: 1. Tsai Peihuo, The Taiwan Autonomy Song 1925 – “… On enchanting Pénglái (Formosa) where our ancestors settled down…” (source: 228 peace memorial park)   2. Yang Kwei, The Newspaper Man 1934 – “The deck of Pénglái (Formosa)…” (source: 228 peace memorial park) I am here to write about a little more about Penglai  蓬莱 of  somewhere else , by someone else, and to something else.  FORMOSA OROGENY - SIX MILLIO...