Sorry to hear that you're so busy, but lovely to see that so many regulars are still checking in to the Forum every now and again
.Interesting black and white Taiwanese movie
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Hi niuc,
Sorry to hear that you're so busy, but lovely to see that so many regulars are still checking in to the Forum every now and again.
Sorry to hear that you're so busy, but lovely to see that so many regulars are still checking in to the Forum every now and again
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Nice to see everyone here. Hoklo-Hokkien discussions are really bumping and jumping on Facebook. My "concern" is that Facebook ain't really searchable. It's like pissing in the desert. The built-in search on this forum ain't the greatest either, but everything is indexed by Google and them. The only concern would be the whole thing folding. Some kind of backup would be a good idea, but I'm not savvy and I take it neither are most of y'all. Sóa khì pa̍t'ūi mã cinciàⁿ khùnlân, lán siuⁿ pīntōaⁿ. 
We are better off here than almost anywhere.
We are better off here than almost anywhere.Re: Interesting black and white Taiwanese movie
The suppression of the Taiwanese is true and brutal esp. after the 228 Incident; where almost 20,000 Hokkiens was killed by the nationalist KMT soldiers. Thousands more were put into the prisons. It is a tragedy of soldiers killing unarmed natives Taiwanese (esp Hokkien, Hakka and aborigines) i.e. Chinese Mainlander soldiers killing Chinese Taiwanese); from 1949 till mid-1980’s. That was the era of Mandarinization to consolidate their Nationalist/KMT position for the propaganda of ROC believe to re-take China Mainland from the CCP.
However, the Taiwanese movies still appear in production during the martial law period because the Kuomintang(Nationalist/KMT) is unable to uphold the suppression due to limited resources. The rules was strict on broadcast media like TV and radio and at schools only. As Taiwan is a big island, the implementation of the dialects suppression rules only cover the area of northern Taiwan only esp. Taipei metropolitan area of Taipei City and Taipei County but were quite relaxed in other regions. As such, till today Taiwanese language are flourishing in central and south Taiwan esp Kaohsiung, Tainan and Taichung, including all the towns surrounding the southern Taiwan.
However, the Taiwanese movies still appear in production during the martial law period because the Kuomintang(Nationalist/KMT) is unable to uphold the suppression due to limited resources. The rules was strict on broadcast media like TV and radio and at schools only. As Taiwan is a big island, the implementation of the dialects suppression rules only cover the area of northern Taiwan only esp. Taipei metropolitan area of Taipei City and Taipei County but were quite relaxed in other regions. As such, till today Taiwanese language are flourishing in central and south Taiwan esp Kaohsiung, Tainan and Taichung, including all the towns surrounding the southern Taiwan.
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Hi Pier,
Thanks a lot for your additional information. Sounds like you're Taiwanese, living there and having real on-the-ground experience and knowledge. Hope you'll continue to visit and respond every now and again, perhaps even become a regular here!
Most people here would know "City of Sadness", perhaps one of the most beautiful films I have ever seen, connected to the theme of the 228 massacre.
Thanks a lot for your additional information. Sounds like you're Taiwanese, living there and having real on-the-ground experience and knowledge. Hope you'll continue to visit and respond every now and again, perhaps even become a regular here!
Most people here would know "City of Sadness", perhaps one of the most beautiful films I have ever seen, connected to the theme of the 228 massacre.
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What Pier shared with us is "what Taiwanese people assume is true", kind of a static perception. Recent experience and contacts inform me that Hoklo is not doing well at all in Kohiong, Taitiong and much of Middle Taiwan (countryside included). Young people are just not speaking it. On the other hand, young people have never stopped speaking it on the North Shore (in "Taipak County") (where CITY OF SADNESS was set).