Archive for 'Xinzhu'
Second trip to Smangus
On Saturday I went on my second trip to Smangus. The weather was perfect and it was a great day to travel in the mountains. This time I travelled with my NCCU classmate Sandy and her husband. Sandy has worked as a primary school in some of the villages in this area. We stopped at [...]
Posted: April 6th, 2008 under Photos, Taiwan, Taiwan Studies, Travel, Xinzhu.
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Journey to Smangus
I have written about Smangus (司馬庫斯) a number of times on this blog. I then chose it as the topic for my group project in the Culture and Ethnic Structure of Taiwan class at NCCU (政大). This weekend I finally had the chance to visit Smangus and learn more about the case.
The journey began [...]
Posted: December 2nd, 2007 under Environment, Human rights, Photos, Taiwan, Taiwan Studies, Travel, Xinzhu.
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Religion and Gender Ethics Conference
The 2007 International Conference on Religious Culture and Gender Ethics (宗教文化與性別倫理國際學術會議) was held over the weekend at Hsuan Chuang University (玄裝大學) in Xinzhu.
I was one of the MCs at the conference. I made all the announcements in English, while Doris made the announcements in Mandarin.
On the first day of the conference the keynote speech [...]
Posted: November 26th, 2007 under Buddhism, Taiwan, Xinzhu.
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Hanging out in Hukou
On Saturday afternoon I met up with Todd at Taipei Station and caught the train down to Hukou. From the train station we headed to the home of Michael J Klein and Hui-Chen for the grill party. Todd and I were the first to arrive. We headed up to the fourth floor of Michael's home [...]
Posted: October 21st, 2007 under Taiwan, Trains, Travel, Xinzhu.
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Indigenous rights and the Smangus case
Today's Taipei Times reports that the Taiwan High Court sentenced three men from the village of Smangus to three months in prison for removing a fallen tree. The sentence was suspended for two years, but the men were still required to pay a fine of NT$79,000 each. The men were appealing an earlier sentence and [...]
Posted: September 29th, 2007 under Environment, Human rights, News & media, Taiwan, Xinzhu.
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Beipu to Nanzhuang: Through the mountains
Day 2: 29 May 2007 北埔 - 南庄
In the early morning I rode from Beipu to Emei Lake (娥眉湖) where there is a giant statue of Maitreya Buddha (彌勒佛). The statue was built by the Tian'en Buddhist Temple (天恩佛堂). While the statue is finished a temple of similarly grand proportions was being constructed next to [...]
Posted: June 2nd, 2007 under Buddhism, Miaoli, Taiwan, Travel, Xinzhu.
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Taipei to Beipu: Into the Hakka heartland
Day 1: 28 May 2007 台北 - 北埔
I set out on my motorcycle at a very early hour to beat the heat. I stopped in Sanxia for breakfast and to fill up with petrol before continuing the journey south. There wasn't much traffic on the road and I passed through Daxi and Guanxi before [...]
Posted: June 1st, 2007 under Taiwan, Travel, Xinzhu.
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The right to live in the forest
Smangus is a remote village in the mountains of Xinzhu County. The community there belong to the Atayal tribe. This article from the latest Taiwan Review gives some information about how the people of Smangus are working to develop sustainable tourism in one of Taiwan's most remote and isolated villages.
A few weeks ago I [...]
Posted: May 31st, 2007 under Environment, Human rights, Taiwan, Xinzhu.
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