Old is the new new: How Taiwan's young people are reviving their grandfathers' traditions
What’s the best way to signal that you’re ready to be the life of the party? Deck yourself out in glowing lights and beam your message out to the whole world.
This first large-scale event to be held after Taiwan opened its borders to travellers in October last year was quite intentional. Organised by the Taiwan Tourism Bureau and the Taipei City Government, the festival joyfully hailed the pandemic’s drawing to a close and looked ahead with the theme “Light up the future”.This was best encapsulated in the hero exhibit: A giant 22m-tall astronaut bunny named Brilliant Light of the Jade Hare.
Brian Wang is one of several third-generation Chinese herbalists who are carrying on their families’ trades. He runsor Lao Ji An, located in the city’s oldest district, Wanhua, also known as Bangka or Monga. The little shop has been open since 1972, dispensing Chinese medicinal herbs targeted at every ailment. In the past, people would seek prescriptions from the nearby Longshan Temple, then proceed to herbal shops to buy what they needed.
I was treated to a brewing and tasting session of some of their teas, like Tieguanyin and Oriental Beauty. Here, I learned that the proper way to taste tea is to swirl it noisily through your mouth along with some air, in order for the flavours to take flight. He first conceived the idea of showcasing his local neighbourhood culture while he was on a live-and-work programme abroad, he told me. That was when it dawned on him that the quotidian qualities of his own home were equally worthy of being showcased and appreciated. Growing up in a house surrounded by farmland, he had always felt closely connected to Yilan’s produce and the local community.
, giving visitors a taste of tribal life. Their ringleader is Apyang Imiq, an award-winning author of essays exploring his own cultural identity as a Ciyakang-dwelling descendant of the Truku or Taroko people.
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