Erich Von Daniken - The Gold Of The Gods

3 - Traces Of The Gods In China, Too
etc., with "Made in Taiwan" stamped on them, are loaded on to ships
for customers all over the world. The government encourages the
mining of gold, silver, copper and coal, which brings in foreign
exchange.
Once again it is not clear whence and when the original Mongolian
inhabitants, the Paiwan, came to the island. Today a quarter of a
million of them live in seven different tribes in the most inaccessible
part of the mountain range, where they were driven by successive
waves of Chinese invaders. Only a generation ago, Paiwan warriors
showed their bravery by head-hunting; today they hunt game in their
mountain fastness. The tribes have survived in a remarkably pure state;
they live according to the unchanging laws of nature. Their way of
reckoning time is as simple as their way of life. The day begins at
cockcrow; its passage is measured by the length of the shadows. The
new year is recognized when the mountain plants start to blossom, its
high point when the fruit ripens, its end with the first snow which cuts
the tribes off from the world completely.
Fig. 36. The chieftain lived here! The two floating figures to the left of