Friday, February 09, 2007

Children at Confucius Temple in Taipei (台北孔廟)


When our family visited the Confucius Temple in Taipei in August 2006, a group of children happened to be practicing for a ceremony. They marched around, and went through all kinds of moves with the pheasant tails (雉尾), accompanied by serious sounding Chinese music.

The children were gregarious, as young children everywhere are. But they were also very serious and disciplined. We watched them for about an hour. There were some whispering, but very little slackening. Quite impressive.

Compared to Hong Kong, Taiwan seems much more steeped in Chinese culture. If Hong Kong is part of China, it is very hard to see why Taiwan is not.

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