Landscapes and Lifestyles
2026 / March
What is this “Taiwan” that we take for granted? We have long been used to viewing the ocean through car windows or exploring the mountains via artificially built trails. However, in this month’s Cover Story, we have tried to turn our attention in bolder directions. When one’s perspective changes, once familiar scenery takes on surprising new dimensions and depths.
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Featured Story
The View from the Sea:
Exploring the Northeast Coast by Boat
Most people get to know northeastern Taiwan on land, but for this article we visit the Northeast Coast by sea. We sail aboard the Sincer Princess, and so are able to take in the coastline as a whole, getting a clear view of its bays, capes, and eroded rock formations. Seen from this different ......
Living with the Ocean:
Fishing Communities of the Northeast Coast
The various fishing communities located along Taiwan’s Northeast Coast have each developed their own distinct character based on differences in climate, topography, and ecology. Their residents have preserved the skills of living in a marine environment, and these communities are like a string......
What the Forests Teach Us
—Learning from Indigenous Hunters
On the day of our visit, a group of Indigenous children are taking an outdoor class in the hills of Wulai. They learn from hunters about the animals and plants in mountain forests, as well as how to use a bow and arrow, cut bamboo, and start a fire with friction, becoming versed in humbly coe......
Fields of Dreams:
New Farming Directions in Erlin
At the southwestern edge of the Changhua Plain, the fertile black soil deposited by the Zhuoshui River has nurtured the confident disposition of Erlin Township’s people. Stepping into Erlin, we encounter not only rippling rice fields and the fragrance of fruit, but also the township’s “thre......
Celebrating Rural Traditions in Xiushui
On the Changhua Plain in winter, life settles into a distinctive rhythm after the second rice harvest. Though the fields lie fallow, daily life is anything but quiet. Children turn the empty paddies into playgrounds. Some families plant winter vegetables such as radishes and peas, and others p......
Conversations with the Forest
The Hunters of Tfuya
Deep in the Alishan Mountains, silken clouds waft through towering red cypresses in a world that can only be understood by following in the footsteps of hunters. Today, the huntsmen of the Tfuya Indigenous Community share it with outsiders through “Noyoca Giant Trees Ecological Experience” gui......
Where God Left His Footprint
Tsou Life and Mythology
In the foothills of Yushan, Taiwan’s tallest peak, lies the home of the Tsou Indigenous people. In their mythology, the Tsou were created by their deity Hamo. Later the world was flooded and they fled to Yushan, waiting for the waters to recede. The deity then left his footprints in the mounta......
