| dc.description.abstract | This essay is to help understand the development of Hakka culture industry and to introduce Hakka village unique industry into the society. Besides pursuing the goal of economic value, also pursuing the development of these industries.We try to find the connection between Hakka community and industry development in order to build a local industry based on Hakka community. In Taiwan, soy sauce is mainly a food processing industry, mass production areas in Taiwan are Yunlin and Pingtung county. Between these two areas, Pingtung has have over hundred years of history on producing soy sauce. However, there are barely any articles or studies indicating how Hakka community affects the soy sauce industry.
For above reasons, this study will be based on the soy sauce industry of Pingtung county. This essay will be featuring on three purposes. First, understanding the meaning of soy sauce for Hakka community both in the past and present. Second, understanding the history and the rising of soy sauce for the Hakkanese in Pingtung county. Third, understanding the development and the difficulty they are facing nowadays in order to expand their business and give suggestions on how to help this industry to have sustainable development. The resource for this study is from different references and also by interviewing local important people related to this industry. Sorting out the history of the industry development and discovering the cultural value that this industry brings.
The development history can be divided into four stages, each stage has their own key factor that helps what soy sauce industry becomes today, however the value in different stages are totally different. Also, each stage might slightly have effects on other stages, such as reinforcement or weaken. Last but not the least, this research helps sort out the context of Pingtung soy sauce development, the difficulties they face today, and the next step they are able to take in the future. Hoping that Pingtung Hakka soy sauce industry can continue to grow bigger, create more culture and economic value for the local people. In the global economic transition, this industry can continue to be developed or even create a new trend in the future. | en_US |