Thank you for sharing the amazing pix. I am surprised to hear you had difficulties finding veggie food in Taiwan. I and my mom have been vegetarians for 3 decades and we both live in New Jersey US for 3 decades. I went back from time to time and found so much veggie food in Taiwan. My mom lives in Taiwan 6 to 7 months every year just because of the vegetarian food. You have to look for "素" in their signs or menus. Cheers. Kevin
Thank you for the recommendation. I will share this character with friends visiting in the future. I think it will be very useful. Do you have a vegetarian restaurant you recommend?
Thanks for sharing those beautiful photos from Rene. When Rene visited Taroko Gorge, did the big earthquake happen yet? Part of that national park is closed now.
This was just a couple of weeks before the earthquake. He got in touch with us as soon as he saw it on the news. He is very lucky to have had that experience. ❤️🙏❤️
I'm surprised you say in Taiwan it is hard to find vegetarian food. I think it's not hard to find vegetarian food in Taiwan. You have to know where to find it. However, Taiwan's vegetarian food is different from the West. Some surveys say Taiwan's vegetarian population ranks third in the world. In Taiwan, many people are Buddhists and Yiguandao believers. I know this Buddhist sign always makes Westerners feel uncomfortable. If you want to do bad things, please don't steal signs from other cultures...... By the way, in Taiwan and Minnan old tradition, the mother will embroider "that sign" on the baby's clothes, hoping the baby can grow up healthy...... I think today it's rare to see.
Wow! Thank for sharing the information. I know of some delicious local vegetarian restaurants but not in the areas Rene was staying. I think, as you said, there are many places you just need to know where they are and I think the language barrier may have made that harder. Next time I will do some research and share it with him. 🙏🙏🙏
The activities can be traced back to 19th century. Before the Japanese ruling era starting in 1895 most places in Taiwan were in a state of anarchy and most people had to live together in a village to protect themselves and their properties. It was really an anathema to have desperado coming into the village and despoiling it. When the bandits came all the females and children ran away to hide in the bowels of mountains nearby and men were left to defend their village. When the bandits were finally expelled the villagers released the lanterns to the sky to tell the women it was the time they could return to their villages safely.