Taiwan's early Chinese settlers were largely Hokienese from Fukien and Hakkas from Kwangtung, who brought with them a pronounced southern tradition of ancestor worship as evidenced by spirit tablets set up in homesand ancestral temples erected in local neighborhoods.
「台灣人」則多為福建閩南與廣東客家移民的後裔，祖先崇拜觀念深具中國南方傳統，最顯著的特徵是家庭設有祖先牌位，地方設有祖祠，所以家族觀念特別強烈。