Making a record of the culture surrounding these tattoos does more than provide academics with something to research. It will help give future generations of the Atayal a sense of tribai identity, and give the next generation of all Taiwanese more fertile cultural soil in which to extend their roots. (text and photos by Ma Teng-yueh / tr.
紀錄文面文化的意義不僅可供學術上的研究，更重的意義是，為後世的泰雅族子孫，建立一些足以自我認同的典範，也為下一世代的台灣族群，留下更多、更豐厚的扎根土壤。