TheGaoshanpeople,about400thousandintotal,havelivedforgenerationsinTaiwanProvince.Theymainlyengageinfarming,plantingrice,sweetpotato,milletandsoon.Andsomeliveonhuntingandfishing.TheGaoshansdonothavetheirownscript,buttheirspokenliteratureisquiterichwithmanymyths,legendsandfolksongs.SinginganddancingareapartofGaoshanlife.Oneveryholidaypeoplegathertosinganddance.TheGaoshanpeoplearealsofondofcarvingandthemostcarvedimagesarethosewithhumanheadsandsnakebodies.