taiwan culture homework

1.Saisiyat people choose their surnames from plants, animals and natural phenomena. In your country, do you think a person's surname has special meaning which can reflect your own culture and why?
-In Taiwan most of the people's last name are from China, because their ancestors are from China. And i think our last names were also symbolizes something but in pictures, it's just that through out time the pictures had come to modern Chinese words.

2.Lily is a symbol of RuKai. For Paiwan, a hundred-step viper is significant in their society. In your country, do you have any symbol that represents your country and what does that mean?
-Plum blossom is a symbol of Taiwan, plum blossoms only opens during autumns, and that means Taiwan will always be succeed because plum blossoms can even survive through autumns which the other flowers can't.

3.On Beian's traditional weddings, you can see a prospective bride climbing a giant swing. And tribesmen swing her until the swing sails like kites. In your country, do you have any special ceremonies that are held on weddings? Please explain it.
-Now days the weddings in Taiwan are mostly westernized, other then western weddings there are still traditional Chinese weddings, but those kind of weddings don't really happen around anymore. What's special about traditional Chinese weddings are that the process is more complicated, and the bride and the bridegroom wears red, means lucky.
Ms.Kao