some taiwanese still follow folk religions with traditions with historical record going back to the 16th-17th century. (for comparison, the Catholics in Taiwan didnt get to stick around until the 1850s, Matsu worship is probably the closest) In donggang district they have a cool exhibit called the King Boat museum.
The king boat refers to 王爺 which is a deity that wards off disease that is also celebrated in Mingnan provinces of mainland china and throughout southeast asia too (vietnam, Philippines, indonesia, etc). Oftentimes when people talk about Taiwan's "ancient" historical ties to China it's referring to these sorts of traditions which is only a subset of what has been followed around the island across history and certainly unrecognizable to People's Republic of China of modern times
in taiwan, every 3 years they construct beautiful ships as a tribute to the deities only to burn them when completed. Set a giant wooden ship on fire every 3 years as a measure to suppress epidemics 🤭
I had a dream about the violin, which reminded me of a piece called the Devil's Trill by the composer Giuseppe Tartini in 1700s who said the work came to him in a dream.
So I guess my dream opted me to share the devil's music 😈 I stiched all four movements together originally released as Columbia 33CX 1415, features David Oistrakh on the violin remastered in 2024
