Taiwanese indigenous peoples: Difference between revisions

The Dutch period ended in 1662 when [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] loyalist forces of Zheng Chenggong ([[Koxinga]]) drove out the Dutch and established the short-lived [[Kingdom of Tungning|Zheng family kingdom]] on Taiwan. The Zhengs brought 70,000 soldiers to Taiwan and immediately began clearing large tracts of land to support its forces. Despite the preoccupation with fighting the Qing, the Zheng family was concerned with aboriginal welfare on Taiwan. The Zhengs built alliances, collected taxes and erected aboriginal schools, where Taiwan's aborigines were first introduced to the [[Confucian Classics]] and Chinese writing.{{sfnp|Shepherd|1993|pp=92–103}} However, the impact of the Dutch was deeply ingrained in aboriginal society. In the 19th and 20th centuries, European explorers wrote of being welcomed as kin by the aborigines who thought they were the Dutch, who had promised to return.{{sfnp|Pickering|1898|pp=116–18}}

 

{{See also|Rover incident|Formosa Expedition|Mudan Incident (1871)|Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1874)|Keelung Campaign|Battle of Tamsui}}

[[File:BaksaFormosaHuntingParty1871b.jpg|thumb| This is a photograph of an aboriginal hunting party with their [[Formosan Mountain Dog]] in [[Muzha District|Ba̍k-sa]], by [[John Thomson (photographer)|John Thomson]], 1871: "A Native Hunting Party Baksa Formosa 1871" 木柵原住民的狩獵祭典.|300x300px]]