A photo of late Kipatauw elder Pan Hui-yao, who provided the melody to the reconstructed version of the Ritual Song for the Various Peoples of Tamsui. After lunch, the guides revealed that the song was first recorded in 1722 by a Qing Dynasty official and later reconstructed in 2003 during the Ketagalan cultural revival movement. The Ritual Song for the Various Peoples of Tamsui as shown in Huang Shu-chung’s book, Records of the Mission Across the Taiwan Strait, published in 1736. In 2001, the Taiwan Pingpu Indigenous Association was formed to advocate for official recognition. Wu wanted to include a ritual song in the following year’s event in Sandiao, but he could not find anything besides the one recorded by Huang in 1722.

Source: Taipei Times January 10, 2026 16:10 UTC