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Are people in the north of Taiwan different from people in the south? And food? |
Travel Info Are people in the north of Taiwan different from people in the south? And food? Travel Tips I liked Ben's answer! Good. In some ways, your question is also about Taipei/Kaohsiung, so some of these things may change as you get out into the countryside outside of both cities--a bit more equalized. Yes, people in the south are more friendly than in the north. Not as sophisticated, but also not as jaded. People in the south will open up to you quite readily, whereas it is much harder in the north. More culturally aware in the north, more down-to-earth in the south. Super-friendly to foreigners in the south, disdainful of them in the north. The roads are wider in the south, people walk slower in the south, and you are much more likely to start up a conversation with a complete stranger in the south. This is all true even more so for the islands off of Taiwan--the people are even nicer! As for crime, let me put it this way. A few times, either me or my friend (who used to live in Taipei) has accidently left our scooter keys in their scooter. When we return, we always heave a sigh of relief that we live in Kaohsiung, because in Taipei, the scooter would be gone. Taiwanese food doesn't differ too much, except for price--which is much high in the north (well, at least in Taipei). As for Western food, there is much much more variety and quality in Taipei. In other places in the north, there isn't much, and a lot less than in Kaohsiung. Well, I am biased, but there you have it. Source(s): live in south Taiwan Other Travel Tips most of the people from north to south of taiwan find there origins from fujian province in china. but you find a bigger concentration of aborigines in the south. closely related to people of northern philippines. It really depends what place you taking about. The concentration of the people are mostly Hokkien people, which is from the fujian province in China. There are also Hakka people, who is the guest people, which came from the northern parts of china (Henan and Zhejiang Province etc.) People in the east are more towards aborigines and their ancestry are related to the pacific islands people (Polynesians), which you can also find in Philippines and other north pacific islands. For the food, there is a difference between Hokkien, Hakka and the Aborigines. Hokkien food and Hakka food are considered Taiwanese food, which is the same as you can find in Southern part of China. The Aboriginal food mainly consists of animals and plants found in Taiwan, which is much different than the main stream people. For more info, visit the website i provided below. http://www.taiwanfirstnations.org/... The main north south difference is between the mainland settlers who came during the Chinese civil war ending in 1949 and the Chinese (mostly Hokkien and Hakka) who came over 200 years ago during the time when the Ming dynasty became the Qing. The 1949 settlers or wei di ren have a higher concentration in Taipei and northern cities, thus the mayor of Taipei tends to be of the 1949 settler political party, the Kuomintang. But as you start driving south, the population becomes less and less of these 1949 settlers It would be an understatement to say there is some tension between these identities. south - unsophisticated, north - thinks they are sophisticated south - nice local food, crappy foreign food, north - thinks their food is not crappy south - very friendly and sincere, north - tried to be friendly and sincere south - thinks north people are snobbish, north - snobs most people only my opinion |
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