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By the 17th century, the Fujian people from Mainland China had arrived in Taiwan. They brought their influences of Southern China cuisines, now known as Hakka and Fujianese foods.

This was the first time rice appeared in Taiwan ’s food culture.

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Rcjeng. “Taiwanese Food - A Guide to Taiwan's Food Culture.” Big Little Island, 2020, biglittleisland.com/taiwan-travel/taiwanese-food/.

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In the 1730s, Robertus Junius, who came to Taiwan with the Dutch East India Company, used Roman pinyin to literalize the Pingpu language near Xingang, Taiwan and used the word to teach the Bible. He set up a school to recruit Pingpu students. After that, the school system was established during the Japanese rule and until now there has been education reform.

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“Education in Taiwan.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 5 Mar. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Taiwan.

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Taiwan has been influenced by aboriginal peoples, Chinese culture brought by immigrants, the brief period of Western colonial rule, Japanese rule, and Westernization since World War II. Now Taiwan has many traditional arts such as favored calligraphy, classical painting, traditional Chinese opera.

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Copper, John C. “Cultural Life.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 22 Mar. 2020, www.britannica.com/place/Taiwan/Cultural-life.

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Taiwanese speak Chinese and Taiwanese.The Taiwanese language was the main language in prehistoric times in Taiwan. Taiwan's long history of colonization and immigration has brought many languages, such as Dutch, Spanish, Fujianese, Hakka, Japanese and Mandarin. Japanese also brought their language to Taiwan during the Japanese rule.

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As well as embodying the blend of Japanese and Western styles and the fusion of tradition and modernity. In 1930s, Taiwanese women were skilled in dressmaking, needlework, and embroidery. Out of doors, they wore traditional costumes which had been innovatively re-designed, such as new qipaos, or Western-style dresses.