Information About Taiwanese Culture

In Taiwan, food isn’t merely belly fuel – it’s a way to have a good time with friends and family. It’s a celebration of community and life. An Introduction to Taiwanese Food Food is an aspect of Taiwanese culture that is assuredly beyond any expert’s capacity to explain with fewer words than the number in […]

Information About Fashion in Taiwan Like almost anywhere else in the world, the love and passion for fashion is generally related to your distance from that place’s biggest city. Taipei is definitely Taiwan’s most concentrated fashion center, but Taiwanese fashion and style are increasingly weighing heavy on the minds of people everywhere from Keelung to Kenting. Culturally, fashion has gotten […]

About Famous Taiwanese Singers No matter how long you’ve studied Chinese, you’re bound to have a hard time watching the news in Taiwan – the number of near-identical Taiwanese celebrities and pop singers seems to double every week. Gossip and celebrity obsession are prevalent here, and within this world the pop singers are the kings […]

Taiwan doesn’t produce a ton of its own films – most movies shown in theaters here come from Japan, Hong Kong, China and of course the United States. Still, Taiwan has a rich history of independent filmmaking that has carried over to producing more mainstream stuff as well. Probably the world’s most famous Taiwanese director […]

A photo gallery about the culture of Taiwan! Taiwanese culture is unique and surprising in many unusual ways! Check out 25 pictures of crazy religious practices, Taiwanese people, ancient Chinese culture, Chinese ghosts, nightmarkets, Taiwanese festivals, betel nuts and much more! Temple performers take part in a religious procession during the Mazu pilgrimage in Beigang, in […]

“You can find traces of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism under the roof of a single temple.” It is true that religion in Taiwan can be completely strange, even totally crazy at times. Every year, people travel to Taipei and other places around Taiwan to witness religious processions, ancient Chinese festivals, and other fascinating aspects of Taiwanese religion. Why learn about religion […]

Taiwanese music has been extremely popular in Asia for more than two decades and it is starting to make it’s way around the world. The Music of Taiwan – Hot in Asia! Taiwan has produced some of the most popular and loved Asian pop stars, most famously Zhou Jielun, widely known as Jay Chou, and […]

What languages do people speak in Taiwan? Taiwan Language Information The question of Taiwan’s linguistic situation can be a bit confusing to some travelers, foreigners and newcomers. Do they speak Chinese? Is it the same as Mandarin? Is Taiwanese different from Chinese? What about Hokkien? Hakka? Let’s dive in. History of languages in Taiwan A […]

Taiwan is definitely not a sporting country. You might imagine people in Chile – a country with an even smaller population – bleeding football (soccer) day and night, glued to the television set during the World Cup and rattling off international players’ names as easily as those of South American dictators. In Taiwan, there is […]

Stereotypes about Asian culture might lead you to imagine that everyone on the street will be a martial arts master, patiently waiting to put you into an inescapable grapple hold and wrestle you into submission. Well, this is clearly a huge exaggeration. Chinese Martial arts have certainly played an important role in Chinese and Taiwanese […]

An introduction to the Yin and Yang, Chinese doctors, acupunctures, and herbal remedies. Chinese medicine in Taiwan enjoys vast privilege and standing that can’t really be found anywhere else. Taiwan’s dirt-cheap universal health care system covers both those who want to go to a Western doctor and those who prefer to see the local Chinese […]