Taiwan original HAKKA pattern design

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In the early days, people of the agricultural society needed men to work in agriculture, and the values of traditional society. Every family hopes to have a son to carry on their family name. If the new born baby is a boy, it’ll be the most joyous occasion in the family. When the baby is born, we will make red rice cakes and thank God for blessing. We’ll also pray for the baby to grow up well.
There are some areas of Taiwan still retain the traditions of making red rice cakes.
 

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WanTingBan extends from ShinTingBan, and the red, green, and blue colors represent: ShinTingBan, wormwood, Hakka persimmon and blue shirt.
Four patterns of ShinTingBan overlap with Zhixiong to be like the ancient coins.
It symbolizes Hakka products rich heritage and many descendants.
 

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The PoBuZi contains the memories and tastes of life. It's not only the simple taste, but also the laughter of the family gathering. it is an atmosphere of happy eating and drinking that is gradually accumulated from daily interaction.

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The Hakka Chungyuan Festival is held in July of the lunar calendar. During the ritual ceremony, the lanterns and the TaShihYeh will be placed in front of the temple. People also put lanterns on the water and serve pigs and goats to Gods and spirits.

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“Four heads and four tails” in Hakka are four women’s skills which are educating, farming, cooking, and needlework, In the traditional Hakka society, women are required to have women's morality, but it also becomes a bondage. Through the pattern , the portraits of women who lived under the framework were reinterpreted.

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Each word has its own unique meaning, but also contains vitality. Therefore, paper with words can not be discarded arbitrarily. After using it, you must get a special stove to burn it. After burning, these words will return to the sky. It pays tribute to Cangjie the inventor of Chinese characters.

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Since the development of the tobacco industry, there have been many tobacco barns which are located in the tobacco field. It becomes a special architectural culture scene. In the early days, the tobacco farmers harvest the tobacco leaves, and hang the tobacco leaves in the tobacco barn for drying. And use the ventilation window on the tobacco barn to exhaust the water of the tobacco leaves.

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Viliagers prepare feast and Taiwanese drama in front of His temple to celebrate Viliage God's birthday. They want to thank the God's blessing and hope the blessing will be granted by eating those foods. Also, this festival can bring viliagers closer. We use the bat as the image of the Viliage God to double your blessing because in Chinese, bats pronounce just like blessing .

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The taste of traditional dishes is mostly based on salty, good smelling and fat.
Salty because labor is going to sweat a lot
Good smelling can promote appetite
Fat can supply a lot of calories after hard laboring.
Hakka fried ingredients are simple
The chewy squid and good smelling fast-fried
It is also a concrete expression of simplicity.

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Hakka proverb:
" Overripe gourd can be made into a dipper. Overripe loofah can be made into loofah sponge. Overripe bitter gourd is sweeter and prettier. We have to learn from them when we get old"
Do your best to make the best use of everything,
 

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The TangHao carrys on the blood, values ​​and belief. Therefore, the word "tang" is transformed into upper character and lower character. The middle part of the word "tang", mouth shape, is the inheritance of "family", which symbolizes the predecessors passing their own culture to future generations. 

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Tea, tea-picking and mountain folk songs are unique forestry and culture.The tea-pickers wear standard outfits—bashing, headscarves, sleeves, and bamboo baskets. They work hard in the tea gardens. They are always full of life and smiling joyful to say Hi to everyone.

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In the early traditional society, because of the importance of male, there was the traditions of making red rice cakes (ShinTingBan) for new born baby boy to thank God for blessing. However, culture is advancing with the times. Nowadays, male or female babies are equal.
For gender equality, the design of the pink-red rice cakes as the theme of the baby girl, "TaoLeSsu", is also Zhixiong’s twin sister "Xinzhu".
 

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We believe the Dragon God can bring peace and good luck with a bumper harvest.
And the Dragon God is one of the characteristics of traditional belief culture
The Dragon God is regarded as a kind of the Village Deity.
It can be water and also mountain
It’s a cultural belief that respects nature
The bombing dragon is made of straw
We put the incense on the dragon god for peace after worshipping.
 

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The hodgepodge of religions refers to the fusion of beliefs. Early immigrants prayed for Mazu's blessing for the safety of crossing the Taiwan Strait. When arriving Taiwan, they worshiped to the God of Grain when reclamation. After they sellted down, they pray to the God of Birth to seeking its protection to the children. The gray color in the patten is a mataphor of the disappearence of Dragon God belief in modern day.