Exploring the Fusion of Business, Culture, and Religion in Taiwan: The Heart of Asia

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Friday, May 30th, 2025

Taiwan Day eleven (5/30)

Today (5/30), we were able to sleep in before we headed off to the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas. I thought this was such an interesting place to see because it was a lot different then places we have previously seen. When we walked through the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas it was interesting to see the sides around us lined with folk stories. I thought the way the stories were interesting and as you walked through you were able to see how they progressed. We then walked over to the Zuoying Yuandi Temple which was especially interesting because it was a […]

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Friday, May 30th, 2025

Taiwan Day ten (5/29)

Today (5/29) we started the day by heading to the HSR in order to travel to Kaohsiung. The train made the travels quick, only about an hour. Once we arrived in Kaohsiung we headed to the Art Museum where we saw a lot of different artwork. These are a couple of my favorite pieces that we saw in the museum, I felt like these are very different then things I have seen in previous museums. I especially liked the luminated backgrounds because I felt like the backgrounds made the artwork more meaningful. Also I thought the knitted flamingo was interesting […]

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Thursday, May 29th, 2025

Taiwan Day nine (5/28)

Today (5/28) we started the day slightly later than normal but it was good to sleep in for a while. We headed to breakfast and I tried a little bit of everything but I was not a big fan of the food in this hotel. We then packed up and headed to an opera house. I thought it was cool and funny that we were not originally allowed to enter because someone important was there and all the employees we out front and turning on the fountains. We headed down to the outside theater where some people put on performances. […]

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Wednesday, May 28th, 2025

Taiwan Day eight (5/27)

Today (5/28) we started the morning off early in order to get to the high speed train in time. Although, it was good to start our day off early, I found myself exhausted all day. Riding the high speed train was cool because it was shaped differently than any train I have been on and it moved super fast. I noticed that the front of the train was trianglar which must have helped the train get up to speed. After we rode the train for 30 minutes, we got off and hoped back onto our bus and headed for science […]

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Monday, May 26th, 2025

Taiwan Day seven (5/26)

Today (5/26) we started our day by heading to a printing press. I found this visit to be very interesting first for furthering the development of my own knowledge about this but secondly focusing in on the business and religion aspect. I found it interesting and different that the Earth/Real Estate God was in the office for good luck, in the other businesses. It was also interesting to me that these Gods were prayed to on different days when compared to other Gods that the locals would pray to. I think this is particularly interesting to me because I did […]

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Sunday, May 25th, 2025

Taiwan Day six (5/25)

Today (5/25), we started the day by having a class that involved reflecting what we have learned so far. I found hearing everyone’s thoughts insightful and interesting because everyone had different things that spoke to them. Additionally, things that stuck out to some people were sometimes things I didn’t think about myself. After our meeting, some of us headed out to the train in order to find something to eat. We took the train a couple stops before getting off and wandering around. We found this restaurant and while part of the menu was in English, the younger women who […]

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