Taiwan's Culture

To understand Taiwan's Culture you must first have a brief introduction to its background and history. Taiwan today is a rich, wonderful blend of many origins. It incorporates Chinese culture, along with Japanese culture, traditional beliefs and customs and modern western values.

Taiwan was once dominated by Japan, later it was adopted by China, giving it as a result one of the richest blends of cultural heritage in Asia and anywhere in the World. For the latter half of the Twentieth Century, Taiwan became an industrialized developed country whose economic growth has being called y many as the 'Taiwan Miracle'.

Mandarin is its official national language and is spoken by the majority of residents. Many of Taiwan's people speak both Mandarin and Taiwanese, a ancient language spoken since centuries ago. As far as religion goes, Taiwan protects people's freedom of religion and practices of belief. The main religion is Chinese Folk Religion ans well as Buddhism,Confucianism and Taoism. There are also Christians, Protestants and Catholics. Confucianism is a major part of Taiwanese life as it serve a great deal on how people live their life.

One thing that you will notice once you visit Taiwan is the high density of 24 hour convenience stores. Due to their common and prominent availability, they provide services on behalf financial institutions and many government agencies. Once you visit one you will find that at these stores you are able to purchase almost everything. This serves as very useful for the rushed and busy population.

Taiwan's large population has spawned a very active and vibrant 24 hour social life. From avid night life, cultural attractions and a city that always has something for everyone. As for recreation in Taiwan Karaoke is immensely popular, although here its called KTV. People from all ages enjoy singing karaoke, or playing the traditional game of Mahjong. Taiwan's cultural expression in the past few decades has experienced a great deal of renewal when it comes to identity in many areas such as music, art and cuisine.