The cultural aspects of Taiwan are not to be missed. The blending of Hakka, Taiwanese, Indigenous people and mainland Chinese cultures has produced a rich plethora of cultural and social color. Whether it is religion, architecture, language, living habits, or food, it's just one big exciting melting pot! Food is the best representative of this cultural mixing and matching. Aside from cuisines from different parts of the mainland such as Zhejiang, Hunan, Guangdong, Yunnan, Shanghai, Beijing, Sichuan, and others, there are also many different types of local Taiwanese cuisine as well as the local delicacies of each area.
Most of Taiwan’s 23 million inhabitants are descendants of immigrants from different parts of mainland China, especially the coastal provinces of Fujian and Guangdong. About 360,000 "aborigines", believed to be of Malayo-Polynesian origin, inhabit the mountainous central and eastern parts of Taiwan.
Due to the make-up of the population and that Taiwan was ruled by the Japanese between 1895 and 1945, Taiwan's culture is a unique mixture of mainly Chinese elements with a little of Japanese. In addition, it is heavily influenced by Western cultures due to globalisation. In the recent years, characteristics of the aboriginal culture have also become more visible. Fine arts, architecture, folk traditions and popular culture embody both traditional and modern and both Asian and Western motifs.
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