Paiwan distribution










  • Distribution map of Paiwan people

  • The distribution of Paiwan people, Dawu Mountain in the north, Hengchun Peninsula in the south, Fangliao in the west, Taimali in the east and Xinyuanli in Taitung City, belong to the two sides of Dawu Mountain in the southern section of the Central Mountain Range, including Pingtung and Taitung counties are the scope. The Paiwan can be divided into two groups, the Ravar and the Vuculj, according to blood customs and self-categorization. The Laval Group is centered on the Davaran community in Sandimen Township, with "Davaran" as the origin of the tribe. There are social and cultural customs of wearing lilies, and the social system inherited by the first son in the family; Excellent performance in carving and pottery art. The Buchaor formation is mainly distributed in Majia, Taiwu, Chunri, Shishi, and Mudan Townships in Pingtung County, Daren, Dawu, Jinfeng, Taimali Townships in Taitung County, and Xinweili in Taitung City.

Cuiture and History

  • Taking the old settlements on both sides of Dawu Mountain in the north and south: Padain (Gaoyan), Payuan (Raft Bay), Puljti (Jiaxing), Kuljaljau (Ancient Building), Tjalja'avus (Laiyi) as the ancestral home, there are five-year festivals in the culture Activities and the system of equal rights between men and women and primogeniture. The Paiwan people had experience in contacts and trade exchanges with the outside world in the Netherlands and the Qing Dynasty, but they still retain a rich and complete ethnic culture and customs. After the period of Japanese colonial rule, agricultural development, currency circulation, Japanese use, and administrative officials’ management system challenged the traditional cultural concepts of the Paiwan people from different levels. After the government of the Republic of China, the introduction of Western religions increased the number of people who believed in Christianity, and every tribe could see the existence of churches or churches.










  • Distribution of aboriginal people in Taiwan

Rukai Traditional Domain










  • Rukai Traditional Domain

  • There are three different theories about the origin of the word Ngudradrekai (Rukai for short), and it is still inconclusive. One theory is that Rukai is the self-proclaimed name of the Rukai people, which means "people who live on the Gaoleng Mountain"; The residence of the Rukai people; the third type comes from the Puyuma word Rukai, which refers to the settlement at the foot of the neighboring mountain. There are three kinds of Rukai myths about the creation of human beings. One is the foreign legend inherited by the East Rukai Group. According to legend, the ancestors landed on the east coast from overseas and settled on the east and west sides of the Central Mountain Range; the other is spread in the West Rukai. In the group, it is believed that the ancestors were created by the sun, clay pots or stones; there is also the oral history of Maolinxia Sanshe, Kaohsiung, that the ancestors originated in the Da and Xiaoguihu areas of Maolin District. The Rukai tribe is distributed on both sides of the southern section of the Central Mountain Range, and is divided into three administrative districts: Kaohsiung County, Pingtung County, and Taitung County.

different tribes have different cultures

  • According to the living environment and cultural identity, they are divided into three groups: East Rukai, West Rukai and Xiasanshe. The languages, social systems, and cultural representations of the three groups all have varying degrees of differences, among which the Xiasanshe has the greatest difference with the Eastern and Western Rukai groups, and even the vocabulary and accents of the languages ​​of each tribe are also very different. . The Donglu Kai Group is located in the upper reaches of the Danan River in Beinan, Taitung. The tribe includes Dongxing New Village, Beinan Township, Taitung County. The Xilukai ethnic group lives in the Ailiao River Basin in Wutai, Pingtung. Wutai Township, Pingtung County includes eight tribes: Haocha, Ali, Jilu, Wutai, Shenshan, Dawu, Jiamu, and Guchuan. Some of them moved The Qingye, Dewen, and Ma hometowns in Sandimen Township, Sanhemeiyuan, and Jinfeng Township, Taitung County. The lower three communities are located in the Zhuokou River Basin in Maolin, Kaohsiung. The tribes include Dona, Wanshan and Maolin in Maolin District, Kaohsiung City. In recent years, due to factors such as work and schooling of the Rukai people, the population actually living in the original hometown accounts for only half of the total number, and about half of the people leave the original hometown to work in the city. Nearby Pingtung counties and cities, Kaohsiung City, as well as Taichung City, New Taipei City and other places, form relatives or geographical clusters.










  • Distribution of aboriginal people in Taiwan