Taiwan in Time - 英文台灣史

18/06/2026

This week, the traditional Tao boat “Ovayan” sailed 185km from Orchid Island (Pongso no Tao) to Batan Island in the Philippines, retracing an ancient sea route for the first time in 300 years.

The two islands once maintained close ties until contact suddenly stopped. What happened?

READ FULL STORY: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2026/06/14/2003859059

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#蘭嶼 Taipei Times 財團法人原住民族文化事業基金會 原住民族委員會

17/06/2026

Thrilled to announce that the author of this column, Han Cheung, has been selected for the 2026 Writers-in-Residence program at the Taiwan Literature Base 臺灣文學基地 ‧ 文學糧倉!!! More details to come.

⇛ 2026 臺灣文學基地 #作家駐村
　獲選作家名單公告
　2026 Writers-in-Residence of TLB
　List of Selected Writers
　
恭喜以下創作者自 108 件申請中脫穎而出，獲選為 2026 年臺文基地駐村作家！
Congratulations to the following writers on being selected from among 108 applications as the 2026 Writers-in-Residence of the Taiwan Literature Base!
　
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【正取名單及其駐村計畫】（依姓名筆劃）
Selected writers and their residency projects.
* Names are listed in alphabetical order (Latin alphabet) and by stroke count (Sinograph).
　
Alberto Poza
〈Translating Taiwanese Sinophone literature into Spanish〉
　
Christine V. Lao
〈Invitational Poetics as Historical Inquiry〉
　
Emily Lu
〈Literary Translation of Maniniwei's novel《故鄉無用》〉
　
Han Cheung
〈Beyond the Column: Inside "Taiwan in Time"〉
　
Judy I. Lin
〈Confinement: An Exploration Through the Horror Lens of the Fears and Anxieties of Pregnancy and the Postnatal Experience in the Setting of a Taiwanese Postpartum Centre〉
　
Mireia Vargas-Urpí
〈Hunters, mountains and ginger crops: translating Taiwanese indigenous literature into Catalan〉
　
三浦裕子
〈針對日本出版社及讀者，推薦具有魅力之台灣作家與作品之研究調查〉
　
池澤春菜
〈もう一歩、台湾の奥へ〉
　
岩澤侑生子
〈流傳千代萬代的歌曲——林氏好與關屋敏子的故事〉劇本創作計畫
　
洪素珊
〈Mini & Ma: novel for young adults〉
　
梁廷毓
〈鬼鄉——歷史靈異短篇小說創作計畫〉
　
許裕暎
〈臺灣的生態環境及文化探訪〉
　
陳育萱
〈《造園者的行跡》——大谷光瑞北投田野與歷史小說書寫計畫〉
　
陳麗娟
〈抱著水獺交流〉
　
曾昭榕
〈蜉島植物現形——植物學家與最初的名〉
　
童理
〈完成《黑糖的女兒》翻譯工作〉
　
※ 備取 6 名（如有缺額將依備取順序遞補）
* 6 alternates are on the waitlist. (if vacancies become available, they will be admitted in order.)
　
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（獲選公告詳見下方留言）
(Please refer to the comments below for the link to the announcement.)

11/06/2026

It was once said that flowers bloomed year-round in Yunxiaocuo (雲霄厝), Chiayi City. Not real flowers, but “incense flowers” (香腳花) — radiating circles of freshly cut incense sticks set out to dry.

The arduous, injury-prone craft of manually splitting incense (剖香腳) largely disappeared in the 1970s, but periodic demonstrations are still held at Chiayi Municipal Museum ( 嘉義市立博物館 ).

FULL STORY: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2026/06/07/2003858652

#雲霄厝 #香腳 Taipei Times

04/06/2026

"If all Taiwanese were as afraid of dying as you, then what would happen?”

Shih Chiang-nan (施江南) reportedly said this to his wife Chen Chiao-tung (陳焦桐) after she urged him to stay out of activism. But as she feared, soldiers barged into his clinic and took him away on March 11, 1947. He was never seen again.
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FULL STORY: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2026/05/31/2003858266
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Shih's clinic, Sifang Hospital #四方醫院, was designated a municipal historic site last Monday. Old photo courtesy of 台灣歷史資源經理學會

#二二八事件 Taipei Times

28/05/2026

Today, about 99 percent of apples consumed in Taiwan are imported.

But in the 1970s, veterans from China resettled deep in the Central Mountain Range built a surprisingly lucrative apple industry that brought prosperity to the region.

LINK TO STORY IN COMMENTS

福壽山農場FushoushanFarm #福壽山 #福壽山農場 Taipei Times #梨山蘋果

21/05/2026

Many assume that Taiwan’s "100 Peaks (百岳)" are simply the island’s 100 tallest mountains. They’re not ... and this is the story of how the iconic list was created in 1972.

READ FULL STORY: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2026/05/17/2003857465

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#台灣史 #百岳 #台灣百岳 Taipei Times

14/05/2026

The 1933 peace between Dahu Ali and the Japanese ended 18 years of Bunun resistance, but the two sides understood that moment in radically different ways.

To the Bunun, it was mapakasil (reconciliation), but the Japanese framed as kijun (surrender).

FULL STORY: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2026/05/10/2003857056

#台灣歷史 #台灣史 Taipei Times

13/05/2026

MOVIE REVIEW: La Paloma ( 傳奇女伶 高菊花 ）

Despite its “legendary songstress” billing and colorful poster, this is not a story of stardom. Instead, it unfolds as a tragic, heart-rending account of a promising young life derailed by the White Terror

FULL REVIEW: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2026/05/13/2003857233

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#傳奇女伶高菊花 #白色恐怖 #台灣史 #台灣歷史 野火樂集 Wild Fire Music

07/05/2026

It was once said that if you hadn’t performed at the Sapphire Grand Cabaret (藍寶石大歌廳), you couldn’t truly be considered a star.

Performers were expected to entertain in every sense, wearing outlandish or revealing costumes and reacting quickly to sharp-tongued, over-the-top hosts whose jokes and banter pushed far beyond what would pass today.

LINK TO FULL STORY IN COMMENTS

#台灣 #台灣歷史 #高雄有顆藍寶石 高雄流行音樂中心 Kaohsiung Music Center Taipei Times

30/04/2026

Everything about 'Castrated Chicken' (閹雞) followed the rules — until the Taiwanese folk songs began ...

This week's feature explores how the short-lived Housheng Theater Research Group (後生演劇研究會) navigated tightening colonial control in 1943 to produce works rooted in local culture.

LINK TO FULL STORY IN COMMENTS

#台灣史 #台灣歷史 #台灣 #閹雞 #戲劇 Taipei Times