Aborigin Park at Anping harbor

I visited aborigin park near the Anping harbor. I think people were preparing opening day yet. But I got some pictures of their images circled on the ground for perfomance.

Of course I've visited their places in the mountain and museums later but this park was also nice.

Stone images formate a big circle. Some were painted with colorful design and some were simply carved with aborigin traditional images.

Certainly this cultures are related to other Polynesian or Micronesian culture as historians say. I feel also some smell of American aborigin culture from it. Especially their music seems to be similar.

Ethnically they are explained not as Asian but as South Pacific origin. But in my un-scientific opinion, as my emotional opinion, it might be Asian to me.

Food

I'm collecting photos of food in Taiwan. Already missed many chances but I'd like to post them I have. As I didn't know, Taiwanese food is much different from Chinese food. I didn't know that.

Their food is usually flat. They don't like spicy or strong seasons. Todays, young people enjoy hot and spicy hot pot. But it's not common. Most of their food are just boiled or roasted. On the street, many small shops sell 'fast food' and used to add pepper or red pepper if customer wants. But in the restaurant, it's totally different. They just eat a little salty food.

I ate a fried yam yesterday. In honest I forgot its name. It was not yam or potato but very big as bigger than my palm. And the taste was much similar to potato and good.

Money collecting gods

Twin tower draws people's money all the time. Big jaws are open to collect money with the shapes of great ancient mythology. Dragon and tiger are usually just good symbols of myth, but here they are hired for fortune and grace as people wishes.

Of course some kind clergies and priests help people to pray and reach their wishes. Just giving money can invite any hands from the two great and powerful symbols .

Unfortunately, they need to pay for donating even. Fortunately, the day I visited were new year holiday that I was generously allowed to enter the towers.

The most curious thing was how they can bring fortune to people who pray before them. As I know, they are not gods. Just several hundreds meter apart there is a huge statue of North's god. Very handsome male god's statue is sitting as more than 30 meters high.

People gather not only to pray but enjoy holiday with family and just buy some incences. They shake and put into big brazier. And pray for a while. Is it working? Of course I don't know.

Only I know is that they are not serious but enjoying like picnic. That's it. I have no idea that they believe their wishes come true or just for fun. But it's certain that this busines is enormous industry of religion whatever they insist.