Han Chinese and aborigines form the two main ethnic groups living on the island of Taiwan today, but before large-scale immigration by Chinese from the 17th century onwards, Taiwan's history belonged to the aborigines.
現在台灣島上的居民，主要為兩大族群﹘ ﹘漢人與原住民，十七世紀之後由中國大陸遷入者為漢人，之前居住島上歷史可上溯者為原住民。