Because they formerly lacked written languages, Taiwan's native peoples, who have long lived in the natural environment of the mountain forests, mostly relied on family memories and word-of-mouth transmission among tribe members to pass on knowledge of their own history and culture.
長久居住在自然山林中的台灣原住民，由於缺乏文字記錄，往往透過家族記憶和族人口口相傳，來瞭解自己的歷史文化。