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The aboriginal peoples of Taiwan are commonly called "the mountain people" or "our mountain compatriots" in Chinese and, true to these names, they do indeed live mostly in the mountains. The most prevalent explanation is that they were displaced there after losing out to the Han Chinese, who came to Taiwan seeking land for cultivation.
Ch'en Ch'i-lu, chairman of the Council for Cultural Planning and Development, finds no clear evidence in support of the displacement theory. He points to two other possible reasons instead. The first is that the aborigines originally lived in the mountains of Southeast Asia, even before coming to Taiwan.
Arriving in their new environment on Taiwan, they naturally sought out high elevations similar to their original habitats in which to settle. The second possible reason, inferred from the distribution pattern of their villages, is that they settled in the mountains to avoid malaria. The anopheles mosquito is rarely active 1, meters or more above sea level, and those villages found below that elevation are mostly located away from rivers and streams, where the mosquitoes breed.
Another factor in the aborigines' choice, according to Professor Kao Ye-jung of Pingtung Teachers' College, who has studied the aborigines and their culture for over 20 years, may have been defensibility against attack. Most villages are situated on mountainsides or small plateaus protected by natural barriers and good visibility. Except for the Yami, Ami, and Peinan peoples, who live mostly at elevations below meters above sea level, the other aboriginal peoples of Taiwan live mainly in the mountains between and meters high, and four groups live even higher.
The peoples each have their own cultures and ways of life, differing from those of the majority Han Chinese. For Han Chinese, who pay so much attention to cuisine, food is the first thing they must learn to adapt to when visiting the aborigines.
