"The aborigines rely on oral transmission--they have no system of writing--so the only way they can keep their culture alive is through artistic creation," says Sun Ta-chuan, a Puyuma who is a professor of philosophy at Soochow University.
「九族都沒有文字，除了口口相傳，他們文化無法用寫的，只能『活』出來，在藝術創作中展現」，卑南族的東吳大學哲學系教授孫大川表示。