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Taiwanese indigenous peoples, also known as Formosans, Native Taiwanese or Austronesian Taiwanese, [ 3 ][ 4 ] and formerly as Taiwanese aborigines, Takasago people or Gaoshan people, [ 5 ] are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, with the nationally recognized subgroups numbering about 600,303 or 3% of the island 's population.
History of Taiwan. The history of the island of Taiwan dates back tens of thousands of years to the earliest known evidence of human habitation. [1][2] The sudden appearance of a culture based on agriculture around 3000 BC is believed to reflect the arrival of the ancestors of today's Taiwanese indigenous peoples. [3]
Plains indigenous peoples. 平埔族. Pêⁿ-po͘-cho̍k. Phìn-phû-chhu̍k. 平埔族（へいほぞく, Heiho-zoku）. Research on ethnic groups of Taiwanese indigenous peoples started in late 19th century, when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. The Government of Taiwan (臺灣總督府, Taiwan Sōtokufu) conducted large amount of research and ...
Ivatan people and other Ethnic groups of the Philippines, Taiwanese Aborigines. The Tao people (Mandarin Chinese: 達悟族; pinyin: Dáwùzú) are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the tiny outlying Orchid Island of Taiwan. They have a maritime culture, with great ritual and spiritual significance placed on boat-building and fishing.
Prehistory of Taiwan. Most information about Taiwan before the arrival of the Dutch East India Company in 1624 comes from archaeological finds throughout the island. The earliest evidence of human habitation dates back 20,000 to 30,000 years, when lower sea levels exposed the Taiwan Strait as a land bridge. Around 5,000 years ago, farmers from ...
The Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines (Traditional Chinese: 順益台灣原住民博物館; Simplified Chinese: 顺益台湾原住民博物馆; Pinyin: Shùnyì Táiwān Yuánzhùmín Bówùguǎn) is the first private museum dedicated to the culture and history of the Taiwanese indigenous peoples. It is located just 200 metres diagonally ...
Thao at Sun Moon Lake, photo from a 1926 brochure of the Government of Formosa. The Thao/Ngan (Chinese: 邵; pinyin: Shào) are a small group of Taiwanese indigenous peoples who have lived near Sun Moon Lake (Lake Candidius) in central Taiwan for at least a century, and probably since the time of the Qing dynasty. The Thao/Ngan people numbered ...
The Taroko people (Chinese: 太魯閣族; pinyin: Tàilǔgézú), also known as Truku people, are an Indigenous Taiwanese people. Taroko is also the name of the area of Taiwan where the Taroko reside. The Executive Yuan, Republic of China has officially recognized the Taroko since 15 January 2004. The Taroko are the 12th aboriginal group in ...