Customs of Taiwan. Food, Habitat and Hospitality

Taiwan has been gradually developed since the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, when people from Fujian and Guangdong migrated on a large scale to cultivate the land. Although the Japanese colonialists dug in their heels to carry out national assimilation, they were met with stubborn resistance from their Taiwanese compatriots. The Kuomintang moved to Taiwan and a large number of mainlanders came to Taiwan, so many of the living habits and social customs of the Han Chinese compatriots in Taiwan are basically the same as those on the mainland, and generally maintain the characteristics of the Fujian and Guangdong areas.

(a) clothing, food, housing and transportation

1, clothing. In the past, men and women in the countryside mostly wore Chinese clothes. More than middle-aged women like to wear long shirts,

or short shorts; the elderly like to wear green and black shirts or shangyunsa; the Japanese rule of suits began to spread to the countryside, over the decades has been quite popular. Some urban women wear cheongsam and other national costumes. At present, young people mostly wear suits or port shirts and pants. Men and women in the countryside are often wearing hats or wrapped in towels to shield the wind and sun.

2. Diet. Taiwan residents eat three meals a day with rice as the main food. During festivals and celebrations, guests are invited to feast on chickens and ducks and other sumptuous food and wine. Taiwan residents are addicted to alcohol, worship gods, feast guests, must have good wine. At the beginning of spring and summer, and during the fall and winter, animal foods are often stewed with Chinese herbs to refresh and replenish the body. Dishes are often flavored with monosodium glutamate and sugar. Restaurants operate in Sichuan and Guangdong, Beijing, Tianjin, Suzhou, Zhejiang, Hunan and Fujian. Alpine compatriots living standards are still relatively low, some still to taro, sweet potato as the main food.

3, living. Taiwan's housing modeling, can be roughly divided into Chinese, Western, Japanese-style three. Chinese-style for the cottage, mostly Minnan style, there is a dragon, windlass handle, triplex, quadruplex and so on. With Turbid Water Creek as the boundary, rural villages, the northern part of the scattered type, the southern part of the settlement type, most of them are built in the hollow of the mountain near the water, to avoid the wind and sand. Western-style buildings are mostly made of brick, but in recent years most of them are made of reinforced concrete. Japanese-style houses are built with tatami mats inside the bungalow. Most of the town houses are Western-style, but with the recent industrial and commercial development, the number of new apartment houses has increased rapidly, and high-rise buildings have been erected one after another. However, due to rapid population growth, the housing problem has not yet been solved, and many people still live in simple rooms.

4. Walking. Currently, the most popular means of transportation in Taiwan are bicycles and motorcycles. In recent years the number of cars, airplanes, ships, and trains has increased and become more convenient, and there has been a large increase in private automobiles. Rental cars are common in towns and cities. A number of buses are air-conditioned. But most of the rural areas are still inaccessible, with many rivers requiring sailing boats and sampans, and the mountainous areas having no roads but to climb and trek along the mountain paths.