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What Is hohaiyan ?

The aborigines of Taiwan have a legend from the days before written records. One day, the ancients discovered the sea, but they weren't sure how to name it pointing their ears to the water, they listened as the waves rolled onto shore. A melody emerged "Ho-Hai-Yan." From that day on, the word "Ho-Hai-Yan” has signified waves and the ocean to aboriginal people.

As Taiwan is surrounded by water on all sides, its people were originally close with the sea. Many of our ancestors lost their lives sailing across the Taiwan Strait from Tang Shan 300 years ago. The sea has maintained a measure of terror ever since.

Ho-Hai-Yan is the name of this international Rock Festival for two reasons: One, it is a beautiful aboriginal name for the sea. Two, we hope to help Taiwan's youth to not only overcome their fear of the sea, but to learn to respect and cherish the blue universe that surrounds our beautiful island.