Have you ever been for a ride in a cart like this? A long time ago in Taiwan everyone used carts and these special type of cows, called oxen, to get around.
A hundred years ago a lot of Hakka people were farmers. Each farm had an ox. The ox would pull the plough to help plant the crops.
Then the ox would pull the cart with the grown crops on it to market. An ox is trained from a very young age. Farmers still use oxen today because they are very smart and are steadier than horses.
PHOTO: WANG YU-CHUN, TAIPEI TIMES
Sometimes people would ride on the cart too, just like in the photo.
These people in the picture are taking part in a festival in Chaiyi. The festival is celebrating the old, traditional Hakka way of life.
Festivals like this help people today understand what life was like for their ancestors.
(Catherine Thomas, staff writer)
你曾經坐過這種牛車嗎?很久以前,台灣人人使用這種推車和這稱為「ox」的黃牛東奔西走。
百年前,許多客家人務農,每塊農地都有牛拖著犁,協助栽種作物。
黃牛也會拉著負載成熟作物的推車到市集。牛從很小就被訓練犁田,因為牠們非常聰明,又比馬匹穩定,農夫們至今仍使用牛隻。
如照片中所示,有時人們也會乘坐車上。
照片中的人正參與在嘉義舉辦的文化活動,此文化節旨在慶祝客家古老傳統的生活方式。
今天這樣的節慶能幫助人們了解祖先的生活方式。
(翻譯︰鄭湘儀)
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