A Dissertation by GRACE HUI-CHIN LIN Submitted to the Office of ...

In the second interview, Tien Long continued to talk about replacing words according
to one’s interpretation of a word:
We usually found a word to replace the accurate word from our own
perspectives. For example, the city hall of the Taipei in 1600s, built by
Spanish and Dutch, was named as “Red Hair Barbarian Village” by Chinese
since that building was constructed by the Western who arrived on Taiwan
Island and established the earliest government of Taiwan. I believe Spanish
and Dutch would name it as “City Hall of Spanish (Dutch) Colony.” I think
Taiwanese used “Red Hair” to replace “Spanish and Dutch” for making a
display of their victory, which they won a war against Dutch 400 years ago. I
think that “Red Hair Barbarian” was a vague word for “European.” I feel that
“Red Hair” meant “Dutch,”, because many Dutch’s hair is orange. The word,
“Red Hair” illustrated Taiwanese people’s ego in naming the historic site.
I found the “Taiwanese Folk Village” was a replaced name of “Taiwan
Aboriginals’ Cultural Reservation.” The name of this theme park, introducing
cultures of nine tribes in Taiwan, was facilitated from a view all the diverse
cultures belong to cultures of Taiwan. It was easier to remember for children
from a perspective of businessmen.
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Ling Mei portrayed the meaning replacement strategy as useful. Besides, she