Taiwan Indigenous News
Tuesday, 25 October 2005
Female head of the national park system seeks to improve parks
... She said she could sense the wisdom of the mountain forests as passed down throughout the ages by Taiwan's indigenous peoples. The ...
Hsieh reveals moves to help indigenous students
... crystal display television to the students at an elementary school in Taitung County and announced more measures to help Taiwan's indigenous children secure ...
Tribe wants official recognition
... "Taiwan's indigenous tribes are all unique minorities in this country, but we are all the original residents of the island. Every ...
據說在太古時代,布農族在中央山脈主峰玉山生活,玉山上土壤肥沃,農作物長的豐碩而茂盛,各種動物長得十分肥壯,有天忽然狂風大作,地動天搖,更恐怖的是一條巨莽橫臥在山谷下,因此河水暴漲,不久整個山谷聚落淹入一片汪洋之中,布農族驚慌失措,能逃的連夜攜家帶眷四處逃命,終於到達玉山頂峰。
布農在布農族語裡是『人』的意思,人口約四萬人的布農族是台灣最早的原住民之一。由於久居中央山脈峻嶺連綿、群山疊翠的地方,發展出靜若處子、動如脫兔的敏捷行動,對於山的環境、生態都瞭若指掌。因為他們在中央山脈上神出鬼沒,遇到山難發生,布農族將受難者揹下來就醫後便消失悄然離去,他們來無影、去無蹤的非常神秘,而贏得『玉山精靈』的稱號。
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