The document summarizes information about the Saisiyat people and Xiangtian Lake in Miaoli County, Taiwan. It notes that the Saisiyat number around 5,311 people and are one of the smallest aboriginal groups in Taiwan. They inhabit western Taiwan along the border of Hsinchu and Miaoli Counties. Xiangtian Lake is an important location for the biennial Saisiyat Pastaai Festival celebrating their relationship with the "Little Black People" who taught them agriculture. The Museum of Saisiat Folklore near the lake exhibits their cultural artifacts and traditions.

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3. Xiangtian Lake
向天湖
Fairy Valley
神仙谷
Nanzhuang old street
南莊老街
Taiwan Miaoli County Map 台灣苗栗縣地圖

4. Xiangtian Lake and Saisiyat 向天湖和賽夏族
In the year 2000 the Saisiyat numbered 5,311. This was approximately 1.3% of
Taiwan's total indigenous population, making them one of the smallest aboriginal
groups in that country. The Saisiyat inhabit western Taiwan, overlapping the border
between Hsinchu County and Miaoli County. They are divided into the Northern
Branch (Hsinchu) and the Southern Branch (Miaoli), each with its own dialect. Their
language is also known as Saisiyat.
在2000年，賽夏族數量為 5,311人。這是台灣全體原住民的1.3％，他們是該地最小
的原住民群體之一。賽夏族居住在台灣西部，新竹縣和苗栗縣的邊界之間。他們被分
為北支（新竹）和南支（苗栗），每個部落都有自己的方言，稱為賽夏語。
Saisiyat people account for 5.08% of the Miaoli Nanzhuang population, with most of
them living in Baguali and Xiangtian Lake. Saisiyat has the lowest population of the
nine main aboriginal tribes.
賽夏族佔苗栗南莊人口的5.08％，其中大部分生活在八卦力和向天湖。賽夏族是九大
原住民族群人口最少的部落。
They are most famous for their Pastaai (Short Spirit) Festival taking place every
other year around October 15th. Xiangtian Lake is the main Festival location.
他們是最有名的是巴斯達隘 (矮靈祭)，每隔二年一祭，大約在10月15日舉行。向天
湖是祭典的主要地點。

7. Lake loop trail filled with Aboriginal Saisiyat stalls
環湖小路充滿了原住民賽夏族的攤販

12. Sell honey 賣蜂蜜

13. Bees cultivation container
蜜蜂養殖箱

14. Bitter Tea oil 苦茶油

15. Bitter Tea oil 苦茶油

16. Grilled meats and sausages for sell
賣烤肉和香腸

18. Xiangtian Lake is not great, but a big pond.
向天湖不是很大， 只是個大水塘。

23. Lake loop trail
環湖路徑

29. Lotus has been faded 荷花已謝

31. Saisiyat Handwork Arts Square

48. Street artist 街頭藝人

50. The Museum of Saisiat Folklore 賽夏族民俗文物館

53. The Museum of Saisiat Folklore
賽夏族民俗文物館
Saisiyat Folk Cultural Artifacts Exhibition
Hall where people can learn more about
the culture.
賽夏族民俗文物館，該處人們可以了解更多
的賽夏族文化。
The museum is dedicated to the culture of
the aboriginal Saisiyat people in Taiwan
and their Festival of Short People.
文物館專用於展示台灣原住民賽夏族文化和
賽夏族矮靈祭節日。
The finished architecture surface of the
museum is wrapped with bamboo-weaving
art of the Saisiyat culture and the stone
columns are decorated with Saisiyat's
special totems.
博物館的建築表面，包裹著賽夏族文化的竹
編藝術，石柱都裝飾著賽夏族的特殊圖騰。

57. Saisiyat traditional manual techniques
are textiles and basketry craft.
賽夏族的傳統手工技術是紡織與編籃
工藝。

61. Dress patterns 服飾圖案
Common are diamond-shaped pattern, 卍 swastika pattern
(like the German Nazi Party flag)
常見的有菱形紋，卍字紋（像德國納粹黨的標誌）

66. Pas-ta‘ai (矮靈祭), the Ritual to the Short People, is a ritual of the Saisiyat people, a
Taiwan aboriginal group. The ritual commemorates a tribe of the "Little Black People" live
near them, and they taught Saisiat how to plant and harvest.
巴斯達隘（矮靈祭），矮人的祭禮，是台灣原住民群體賽夏族的一種儀式。紀念居住在他
們附近教導賽夏族耕種和收成“小黑人”部落的儀式。
But due to the Short People's excessive flirtation with the Saisiat women, which triggered
many conflicts. On one such occasion, the Short People were almost killed.
但是由於矮人們過度調戲賽夏族婦女，引發衝突。在這種場合，矮人幾乎全部被殺。
To placate the angry spirits, the Saisiyat performed the ceremony to pay them homage on
the 15th day of the 10th lunar month every other year, and every ten years an especially
spectacular festival is held.
為了安撫憤怒的鬼魂，賽夏族人舉行儀式，每兩年在農曆10月十五日向他們致敬，每十年
舉行一次特別隆重的節慶。
Pas-ta'ai 巴斯達隘（矮靈祭）

72. “Hip bell” (tapangasan) as dance props 「臀鈴」（tapangasan）是舞蹈道具

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