Poster： Luca at 14:36:9 1/9/98 from c550-5.svdcc.fju.edu.tw
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| Is there any traditional Taiwanese entertainment ?
In my opinion, Taiwanese paid all of the attention or, better said,efforts to improve the family financial situation. On our chase of the economic wonder, we have put everything aside but money. Now, Taiwan as a whole has reached this goal in some degree. The hard working people fainally got the chance to realize that we ourselves were actually only one human being. Of course, I recall those old days in the countryside. People always squaed in circle at the square in front of the temple in the evening. They might be playing "Si-ba-la" or " four color cards" Now and then, there would be some Taiwanese opera performance on the stage. However, entertainment to me is somehow more than having good time. I considered it some activities with positive effect on our daily life. Otherwise, it becomes bad habit. In this viewpoint, I don't think of any traditional entertainment, what are popular now are either exotic or lack of positive outcome. As for the culture, by the way, how do we distinguish Taiwanese culture from Chinese? I can hardly think of any cultural activities without influences from China. Even the taiwanese operas are mostly about ancient heroic chinese myths or stories. How about the stroh products at 大甲? The women there just sat in the middle square at their 四合院 ,used only one equipment to fix the hays. They didn't even bother to count the stiches. Everything is measured by experience. Then, some hours later, a wonderful stroh mat came out before the sunset, as the housewives were going home for cooking supper. This is a real art in combination of skill and life philosophy. |