Research On Taiwan Travel Notes In Qing Dynasty

In 1683, when Taiwan into the territory of the Qing Dynasty, history of Taiwan travel literature also opened a new chapter. The main object of travel writing is Taiwan's particularity, such as the special ocean journey, climate property, island landscape, aboriginal culture and eras, etc. In early times, the ocean writing was interwoven with real and imagined color, and becoming realistic lately. Malaria, earthquakes, typhoons and other special climate writing reflects the intellectual inner feelings and humane care and the natural landscape writing reflects the author's personality and spiritual longing for the times. The style of gardens behind government offices is similar to the Central Plains, reflecting a characteristic of relaxed and emotional, while local literati's gardens convey an ambivalence and cultural connotation of official and seclusion. Scholars often treat aboriginal culture through the traditional Confucian values and participate in cultural thinking through literature, and advocated the use of Confucianism to educate indigenous people in order to achieve a harmonious coexistence of the various ethnic groups. The changing era stimulate scholars' discussion and reflection of the political and economic situation in Taiwan, or record the times change, or discuss political indoctrination, or concerned about the economy and livelihood, showing a strong sense of urgency. Taiwan Travel notes focus on realism, advocate research and cite materials and also inherited the essence of traditional travel through time and space conversion, crafted language, imagery, as well as poetry and prose interspersed with each other, etc. to highlight the emotion and theme. It breaks through the traditional scope of travel, extending from nature to society, both the utilitarian concept of tourism and the writing mode are quite different from traditional travel notes. Taiwan Travel notes has not only a profound impact on future travels prose, but also a research value of history, folklore, geography and so on.