Differing in customs, concepts, and lifestyles from the Han Chinese who make up the vast majority of the population, Taiwan's aborigines form one of the Republic of China's distinctive minority peoples. By the measures of so-called "civilization" --educational level and annual income--the aborigines are clearly in an inferior position.
種族與環境的不同，使先住民的生活習俗、思想觀念等，與人口佔絕大多數的平地人有差異，也在中華文化中自成一少數民族文化。