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Interview: Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines
Indigenous peoples of Austronesian ancestry are the original inhabitants of Taiwan. Taiwanese indigenous peoples — formerly called Taiwanese aborigines, Formosan people, and Gaoshan (臺灣原住民族) — lived in relative isolation for over 5,000 years...
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Polynesian Navigation & Settlement of the Pacific
Polynesian navigation of the Pacific Ocean and its settlement began thousands of years ago. The inhabitants of the Pacific islands had been voyaging across vast expanses of ocean water sailing in double canoes or outriggers using nothing...
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Taiwanese Indigenous Peoples
Aborigine park display across the street from the Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines in Taipei, Taiwan. The stone carvings each represent one of the recognized aboriginal tribes of Taiwan, with an explanatory plaque at the foot...
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Paiwan's Shaman Boxes
Paiwan's shaman boxes.
Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Polynesian Migration Map
Map showing the migration of Polynesians who it is thought were originally from Taiwan. They settled in the Polynesian Triangle that encompasses New Zealand, Hawaii and Easter Island as its corners. The Polynesians left Taiwan somewhere between...
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Map of the Japanese Empire, 1895
Map of the Japanese Empire, 1895. It was issued shortly after the 1895 Japanese invasion of Taiwan and is consequently one of the first Japanese maps to include Taiwan and Korea as provinces of Imperial Japan. Geographicus Rare Antique...
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On a Mountain Path in Spring (Detail)
A detail of Chinese artist Ma Yuan's "On a Mountain Path in Spring". 1190-1225 CE. Ink and colour on silk. (National Museum, Taipei, Taiwan).
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Portrait of Kublai Khan
A painting of Mongol ruler Kublai Khan (r. 1260 - 1294 CE) by the Nepalese astrologer and artist Araniko (1245–1306 CE). Although the portrait depicts Kublai Khan as he appeared at the beginning of his reign, it was actually painted after...
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Calligraphy by Cai Xiang
An example of the calligraphy of Cai Xiang, an 11th century CE Chinese calligrapher. (National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan)
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Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines
Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines, Taiwan.