tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post8589292629095898031..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Chu Campaign's latestMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-73154672224501525092016-01-15T18:29:02.199+08:002016-01-15T18:29:02.199+08:00It is not how things look on the outside, but how ...It is not how things look on the outside, but how people use the symbols that make them culturally distinct. Temples may look the same, but people's behaviors may be radically different. NONEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00312011183953017842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-23999053808337590512016-01-15T13:28:45.870+08:002016-01-15T13:28:45.870+08:00Re Chinese religion, temples, etc. I think it depe...Re Chinese religion, temples, etc. I think it depends on where in China you go. I'm no expert, but temples around Quanzhou/Xiamen (southern Fujian) and Chaozhou/Shantou (eastern Guangdong) strike me as very similar to what you find in Taiwan. Also lots of similarities in street ceremonies, tables of offerings set outside businesses, etc.<br /><br />Until I first visited southern Fujian I'd always assumed Chinese and Taiwanese culture were totally different, or perhaps the Communists in China had wiped out various traditions. I'm sure both those factors are important, but I think it's also a case of certain Taiwanese traditions drawing on quite specific regional Chinese traditions.<br /><br />China is also changing really fast though, and local culture in the coastal cities seems to be getting diluted by new immigrants from the interior. Also got a trend towards increasing homogeneity. Seamushttp://www.bunnyhugs.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-83343011302505749612016-01-15T00:57:30.451+08:002016-01-15T00:57:30.451+08:00Jenna Cody, I wonder if the Communist Party's ...Jenna Cody, I wonder if the Communist Party's attacks on religion (especially in the Mao years) account for some of the differences in religious activity in Taiwan and China. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-81194180735563778142016-01-13T16:30:08.904+08:002016-01-13T16:30:08.904+08:00parades here (which, due to their temple connectio...<b>parades here (which, due to their temple connections and to some extent gang connections, are full of 'local Taiwanese' type DPP supporters</b><br />the temple networks in central taiwan have been and still are subpart of KMT patronage net. Wang jingping 王金平 and Yan qinbiao 顏清標 are their current leaders. The political ideology of taiwan temple networks are all, safe to say this, daydreaming Great Greatgrandpa China.<br /><br />Central Taiwan also HQs White Wolfs, a gang-type fifth column.an angry taiwanesenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-16699502506945830272016-01-12T23:44:11.127+08:002016-01-12T23:44:11.127+08:00What I find ironic is using religion and festivals...What I find ironic is using religion and festivals to evoke a Chinese identity. Temples in Taiwan don't remind me much of temples in China (a few details sure like incense burners but the overall feel is quite different) and the festivals, to me, are purely Taiwanese. The only time I ever saw anything like them in China was when there was a grand opening to a store and they hired two lonely lion dancers to celebrate. Nothing like the temple parades here (which, due to their temple connections and to some extent gang connections, are full of 'local Taiwanese' type DPP supporters). So, as I see it, they are not Chinese at all. Using them to evoke 'Chinese' history and culture says a lot about the ignorance of the KMT. Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-20750264955133003562016-01-12T22:53:30.700+08:002016-01-12T22:53:30.700+08:00Michael, will you have the links up for real time ...Michael, will you have the links up for real time streaming of election results this weekend? Thanks in advance.TaiwanJunkienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-10472962100182280622016-01-12T15:22:30.481+08:002016-01-12T15:22:30.481+08:00My two-cent interpretation:
B+R = Purple = royal c...My two-cent interpretation:<br />B+R = Purple = royal color => Chinese elites<br />G on W = justice as a natural right => Taiwanese democratic voters<br /><br /><br />an angry taiwanesenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-65240347320994473992016-01-12T10:48:37.859+08:002016-01-12T10:48:37.859+08:00Kinmen and Matsu are now part of another Taiwan, n...Kinmen and Matsu are now part of another Taiwan, not the One Taiwan?<br /><br />It still makes me wonder, what the KMT's Taiwan represents? Neither Taiwan as island nor Taiwan as province include Kinmen and Matsu. Yeah, I know. Election.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com