Across the world, indigenous peoples possess their own distinctive history, worldview, and ecology. In this award-winning book, readers follow Taiwan’s Bunun people as they journey into Taiwan's highest mountain, Mount Jade, which they have called “Tongku Saveq” since ancient times.
In this gorgeously illustrated book, three generations of Bunun people—grandfather, father, and their child Tiang—embark on a thrilling journey. They live in harmony with the humble mountains, listen to the trees sing, and watch the cypress, pine, hemlock, fir, and Jade Mountain juniper race one another. Tiang begins to grasp how intimately his father, an alpine porter who hauls logs up and down the mountains, understands their surroundings. Together, this multigenerational family contemplates the relationship between humanity and all living things.
As Bunun author Neqou Soqluman explains, he seeks to “address humanity at large,” weaving themes that resonate universally.