On cultural heritage and ecological wisdom
Step by step, bravely step into the forest──
That day, I had a dream.
A huge tree collapsed and broke before me,
Grandpa said: "This is a good dream!"
The cascas birds are calling loudly,
I heard this is a good omen!
A sudden storm,
Grandpa quickly took me to his home in the forest, the hunting lodge.
It turns out that the scar on grandpa's face,
It’s a record for fighting a black bear!
But Grandpa didn't have a trace of pride.
Because the Bunun people are taboo against killing black bears.
Not to mention hurting a black bear.
Lightning struck, and a huge tree fell down.
Grandpa yelled, "Tuckerton!"
The little black bear whined without moving.
What should we do?
Avoiding killing black bears is a kind of ecological wisdom, a cultural heritage, and a land mission of the Bunun people in Taiwan. ——Meko Sokruman
✽The book comes with an appendix called "Little Dahai's Cultural Classroom", which allows you to explore the life wisdom of the Bunun people from the daily life of Little Dahai.
＊Attached is the "Story Theater" QRCODE, sharing the artistic feast of text, images and hearing.
Sincerely recommend
Sun Dachuan (Aboriginal writer)
Xu Jiankun (Children's literature critic)
You Peiyun (Director of the Institute of Children's Literature, Taitung University)
Bu Gun. Ismahadan. Isliduan (Bunun poet)
Yaronglong Saknu (Paiwan writer)
Bangkar Haifangnan (Secretary of Yushan National Park Administration)
Quan Jiangqing (Bunun mountain guide)
About the Author
What kind of bandit? Sokruman / Author
A member of the Bunun tribe, he was born in 1975 in Wangxiang Tribe, Xinyi Township, Nantou County, Taiwan, where one can see Donggu Shafei (Yushan Mountain) as soon as he opens the door to his home. He excels at creating works in the style of magical realism, and his work The Legend of Donggu Shafei is hailed as the Taiwanese version of The Lord of the Rings. He has won the first prize in reportage at the Global Chinese Literature Award, the Taiwan Aboriginal Short Story Award, and the Wu Zhuoliu Literature Award for Fiction. His major works include: "I lit a fire for myself: a collection of literary works by Miekou", "I heard the mountains report the war achievements", and "Ina Bunun! Bunun Youth", "Legend of Donggu Shafei", etc.
Chu Jiahui/Illustrator
Good at painting and hand-made art creation.
Currently lives in Pingtung.
His illustrations include "Lanyu, Flying Fish, Giants and Stories", "Summer is Over", "Black Wings", "Story Sixty-Eight", "Love of Light", "The Myth of Yashiro Bay", "Looking out to the Sea to Welcome the Returning People", etc.