this is a bear a bear from Taiwan Oh
Taiwan yeah you know that Island
floating between Japan and the
Philippines that looks kind of like a
sweet potato doesn't ring a bell
all right what about bubble point yes
are you it what was it always works well
this particular bear just happens to be
boarding a flight back to the home of
bubble tea and himself want to see what
it's like then let's go
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food is the essence of life is that
right to thoroughly understand Taiwan
we'd gotta start from the nutritious and
delicious food pH o UD eat food now we
all know about bubble tea milk tea and
black tapioca balls also known as
bubbles or boba this is the signature
drink of Taiwan it's not just bubble tea
though tea drinking has been in our
culture since forever tea houses used to
be the center of social interaction
what can add more to a nice chat than a
cup of tea yet as sealing machines came
along in the 1980s these drinks evolved
into a more portable form and thus gave
rise to shaken tea shops nowadays
everyone on the streets in Taiwan has a
tea in their hand now that we're all
about this food business we've got to
take you to the night markets night
markets are the best experience for
local food fried chicken oyster omelets
stinky tofu and that's what I'm talking
about while you're busy stuffing your
face with all this youngness don't
forget to check out all the Chinese
characters around you Taiwan is one of
the few places left that still uses
traditional Chinese you must think these
characters look complicated as hell
right do you think so too you know how
long it takes me to write my name sink
cloud I'm not famous you need to do
signatures and stuff anyway all the
signs in the night market exhibit the
full glory of our characters you see
these characters go way back 3,000 years
ago they were written on turtle shells
and the bones of other animals for
Oracle's so the ancient characters were
also called Oracle bone script for some
of our characters you can tell the
meaning of the word just by its
appearance this thing that looks like a
mountain transformed into the character
we now use to signify the word mountain
this thing that looks like a river
transformed into a character that we now
use to signify the word River you can
tell right this looks like a mountain
and this looks like a river sorry you
can tell of course later on characters
became more complicated to signify
complex and abstract concepts like a man
beside a wood he must be resting right
so this character obviously needs rest
right
you can tell where were we no oh yeah
night market in Taiwan's night markets
it's not only local Taiwanese food you
can eat stuff from all around the globe
like Korean fried chicken American
hamburgers and fries Vietnamese pho and
takoyaki sashimi and okonomiyaki from
Japan we are very versatile when it
comes to eating this multicultural
environment is actually because of
Taiwan's history and location it's not
just food though infrastructure as well
our railways were laid down over a
hundred years ago by the Japanese what
yeah the Japanese then I mentioned that
Japan's ruled us before they're not the
only ones either the Ching dynasty of
China the Dutch and the Spanish have
taken over as well that's why you can
still hear certain places being called
not so mandarin names like Zealandia or
san diego having been influenced by
different cultures taiwan is now super
accepting of other cultures Southeast
Asian brothers and sisters can live or
work here in certain train stations
there's even more foreigners than locals
as a result you can also see different
places of worship in Taiwan there are
prayer rooms for Muslims in high-speed
rail train stations and Taiwan's own
religious culture has a ton of its own
festivals Taiwan's religious diversity
index is the second highest in the world
you can see more religious buildings
than convenience stores registered
temples alone go up to 12,000 meaning
that you can find a temple I've reached
3 square kilometers consequently the
religious activity in Taiwan is
spectacular be sure to check out the
Beehive fireworks or sky lanterns if you
have a chance both events pray for peace
even though fireworks
I also recommend going to the longshan
temple at 6 a.m. or 3 p.m. to hear the
monks chant and gain inner peacefulness
you can also put this state in fátima
Djokovic procession this event is one of
the three largest religious activities
in the world
if that doesn't tickle your fancy well
then go see our deities dance techno
music yeah
that's an actual thing after a short
tour of the food transportation and
religions in Taiwan what do you think of
Taiwan what you love it already
well we already love you to come and
have a Taiwan experience for yourself I
hope you already have your next to get
ready if you also know something great
about Taiwan that we didn't cover in
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