High mountain tribe

Japanese: 高山族 - こうざんぞく

Refers to some of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan. Currently, in Taiwan, the term Taiwanese aborigines is more common, and in Japan, like the indigenous peoples of other parts of the world, they are called Taiwanese aborigines. After the Qing Dynasty, the indigenous peoples who had become Han Chinese were called Jukuban, and those who had not were called Seiban. During the Japanese colonial period, the former were called Heiho and the latter Takasago, but the Kuomintang government renamed the latter Takasago. They are originally of Malay descent and speak an Indonesian language. Both their language and culture are similar to those of the mountain people of the Philippines, and their population is estimated at about 200,000. They were oppressed by the Han people who arrived in the 17th century, and mainly live in mountainous areas. They are settled agriculturalists who used to grow millet mainly through slash-and-burn cultivation, but nowadays they mainly grow upland rice. The mountainous region is occupied from the north by the Saysiyat, Atayal, Bunun, Tsou, Amis, Rukai, Puyuma, and Paiwan tribes, and the Yami tribe is found on the southeastern island. The indigenous religion is mainly animism. → Wushe Incident → Related Articles Taiwan

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Japanese:

台湾の原住諸民族の一部をさす。現在では，台湾では，台湾原住民の呼称が一般的で，日本では，世界の他地域の先住民についての呼称と同様に，台湾先住民といわれる。清朝以降，先住民のうち漢民族化したものを熟蕃(じゅくばん)，そうでないものを生蕃(せいばん)と呼んだ。日本の統治時代は前者を平埔(へいほ)族，後者を高砂(たかさご)族と呼んだが，国民党政府は後者を高山族と改称した。原マレー人系で言語はインドネシア語系。言語・文化ともにフィリピン山地住民に類似し，人口は約20万人と推定される。17世紀ころから来住した漢民族に圧迫され，主として山岳地帯に居住。定住農耕民で，以前は焼畑耕作によっておもにアワを作ったが，現在では陸稲栽培が多く行われている。山地を北からサイシヤット族，タイヤル族，ブヌン族，ツォウ族，アミ族，ルカイ族，プユマ族，パイワン族が占め，南東の島上にヤミ族などが分布。固有の宗教はアニミズムが中心。→霧社事件
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