Raising A Copy Cat Becomes A New Trend in Taiwan
Whenever coming into a department store, a supermarket, and Nova, we see lots of different products on shelves. There are so many choices for customers, but only a few of them are local brands. Take several big companies for example. Hitachi, Panasonic and Sony are famous brands from Japan; Apple, Mc’donalds, and Clinique are stemmed from United States. Taiwanese are even addicted to Hong Kong’s and Korean manufacturers instead of supporting our local brands.
In entertainment news, we often hear the terms of 哈韓族 or 哈日族. It means that many fans follow foreign stars and almost go crazy with them. Why people tend to be blind in Taiwan? Is Taiwan really inferior to any other countries? Of course not!
As everyone knows, there’s a main scientific domain in Hsinchu. Actually local brands have their qualities as good as foreign, and they may get a lower price. What drives Taiwanese crazy about overseas product is their vanities. Consumers decide a good brand based on its high price. Does the product deserve its price? In fact, high prices contain too many other elements such as patent fee, transportation fee, agency fee, etc. Local manufactures just dismiss those unnecessary expenditures. It is so sad that consumers are blind then.
No wonder someone considers Taiwanese copy cats. The nickname derives from our worship toward foreign things and foreign culture.
2009年3月24日 星期二
2009年3月11日 星期三
Taiwan Story I
2009/03/10
By Sharon Yu
Going to the temple and wishing for good luck are the most popular custom in Taiwan. In one’s whole life, it’s hardly to skip from this process except for Christians. Whenever there’s a big holiday, temples are always flooded with people and a bunch of vendors. In the crowds, people don’t need to walk but still be pushed forwards. There are some introductions of Chinese worship culture in the following context.
In the beginning of a new lunar year, people would get up early, preparing for offerings which often include fruits, vegetables, meats and biscuits. Not only Gods in famous temples but also Gods in kitchen or some local places are becoming targets to worship. There’s a superstition that the one who gets the first incense stick will have a good year. Hence, incense race is the well-known activity in every temple. People tend to mentally rely on Gods, wishing great fortunes, especially this year under the serious situation of worldwide economy depression.
In the countryside, people put on thick cosmetics and costumes like Gods and form a group of members to hold Buddhistic ceremonies. Lots of adherents then follow those members with an incense stick in hand, walking a long trail from city to city. This is the way people show there respects towards divine spirits. And they strictly believe that what they sacrifice will bring them luck and fortunes and, moreover, make them comforted.
People nowadays really need some supports to survive in this challenging society so that worshipping plays an important role.
By Sharon Yu
Going to the temple and wishing for good luck are the most popular custom in Taiwan. In one’s whole life, it’s hardly to skip from this process except for Christians. Whenever there’s a big holiday, temples are always flooded with people and a bunch of vendors. In the crowds, people don’t need to walk but still be pushed forwards. There are some introductions of Chinese worship culture in the following context.
In the beginning of a new lunar year, people would get up early, preparing for offerings which often include fruits, vegetables, meats and biscuits. Not only Gods in famous temples but also Gods in kitchen or some local places are becoming targets to worship. There’s a superstition that the one who gets the first incense stick will have a good year. Hence, incense race is the well-known activity in every temple. People tend to mentally rely on Gods, wishing great fortunes, especially this year under the serious situation of worldwide economy depression.
In the countryside, people put on thick cosmetics and costumes like Gods and form a group of members to hold Buddhistic ceremonies. Lots of adherents then follow those members with an incense stick in hand, walking a long trail from city to city. This is the way people show there respects towards divine spirits. And they strictly believe that what they sacrifice will bring them luck and fortunes and, moreover, make them comforted.
People nowadays really need some supports to survive in this challenging society so that worshipping plays an important role.
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