Last week on Oct. 10, I brewed some teas for The Taiwanese Double Ten Day. The day may probably have political origin, but for overseas chinese it really means more than just celebrating a national day.
For overseas chinese or Chinese schools which usually also serves as centers of chinese communities formed overseas, it is connecting to its origin, traditions and culture to preserve its identity. It is being home in a foreign land.
Anyway, all through childhood and grade schools we read books imported or influenced from Taiwan, sang and dance the Alishan as much as ( for their cultural survival among others, I supposed ) the chinese traditional dances which includes tea dancings of course, sang the taiwanese national song and hail for all taiwanese heroes.
- as in terms of chinese culture and traditions, I am very proud of Taiwan and how it is today. Cultures are meant to be able to go on and do their "travels" for further growth and development. Taiwan who has abled to freely undergo that cultural journey has understandably achieved such outcome brilliantly today - and can for instance be enjoyed in those wonderfully sophisticated Taiwanese oolongs.
Anyway, cheers to everyone´s day that day too .... please enjoy the following pictures and have some glimps of Formosa, that beautiful island! ... and as this is supposedly a tea and food blog, sorry but I just can´t resist the temptation of adding this revised version of the Taiwanese National Anthem, which I´ll rather positively take as actually only interpreting another cultural growth Taiwan has successfully achieved, which is - Ayaaa here we go ... FOOD! lol
Anyway, as a dear friend who has been to this beautiful island, came back and express amazement on taiwanese food culture said: ... impressive how even just sidewalk eateries, serves such fresh and delicious food!!
Long live Taiwan ... go on being great!
Happy couples ...
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| Mr and Mrs Yeh |
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| Binet and Amy Huang |
Alishan
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| My brother and family |
Aborigines´ Dance
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| My cousin Susan Sy Yeh ( left ) and friends |
Artistic Taiwan
Chinese Traditional Dance
Traditional Tea Dance
Island of Lotus
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| Nikki Huang |
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| Kaya Huang Land of the Cherry Blossoms |
Beaches and Resorts
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| taken at Nantou |
And naturally, as mentioned earlier, never to forget those fantastic sidewalk eateries ...
... for Chadao ...
黄琼丝 /Celina Huang
Photoes: Courtesy of my cousin Susan Sy Yeh and brother Dr Huang Shu Fang
What absolutely amazing photos Celina! So beautiful and happy. Thank you so much for sharing them. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Alexandra, I´m glad you like them :)
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