Culture of Tseng

"'Culture in Tseng' redirects here."The culture of Tseng is a blend of Chinese, indigenous, and Western cultures.

Pre-history and colonial times
Chinese people migrated to Tseng starting in the 1000s-500s BC. As a result the Chinese culture in Tseng is overwhelming. Unfortunately, when the Europeans arrived, they forced the native peoples to assimilate into Europeans. Assimilation laws were relaxed in the mid-1930s, around the end of European rule in Tseng.

The Japanese was a smaller influence in the culture of Tseng. Tsengians were forced to adapt to Japanese culture and language, but did not largely interfere in religious organization.

1946-1990s
Tseng became independent in 1946. The Dazhuo Era of the 1960s brought many perspectives to Tsengian culture. The left-wing side wanted Tseng to be a Marxist utopia, while the right-wing side wanted Tseng to be anti-communist. In 1965, communism in Tseng was at an all time high. But terrible leadership and unpopular policies led to the fall of the far-left, and later the far-right. So, the moderate right-wingers won, as no Tsengian wanted communism, socialism, or fascism. Subsequently, the new government implemented many anti-communist policies. (You Guo).

1990s-present
The Reforms of 90 revamped Tsengian culture. Anti-communism and/or politics was significantly toned down in the arts like movies or books. The government allowed travel to communist countries.

Religion
List of major religions in Tseng:


 * 32.1% Taoism
 * 29.4% Buddhism
 * 20% No religion
 * 7.1% Christianity
 * 11.4% Other

Food
"Main article: Tsengian cuisine"Depending on where you're at in the country, there are many distinct cuisines in Tseng. In the north, foods like sausage and Hollandse Nieuwe are common. In the west, because of Chinese, Japanese, and British influences, fish and chips, beef noodle soup, ramen, or even combinations of those three cultures are common. Fusion food is popular too. The unofficial national dish of Tseng is prawn cracker gua bao (a gua bao where instead of pork, the meat is beef, braised in a soy-cilantro based sauce and there are crushed prawn crackers with cilantro and sesame seeds inside).

Sport
Table tennis and soccer (football) are popular sports. The National Association for Football is the premier league in soccer. It's the equivalent of the Premiership in Tseng. In recent years, baseball and basketball has risen in popularity.

Education
Education is mandatory for children aged 5 and up since 1951. Because of this, Tseng has a 99.1% literacy rate. Schools are operated by the government. Once a student reaches Grade 12, he/she can choose to go to university or graduate. If the student chooses university, he/she will have to take entrance exams on math, science, language, and history. What the student gets on those exams will determine his/her chance of getting into which university. The most prestigious one is the Huang-li University in Tseng City.

Almost all Tsengian students attend a buxiban (cram school) to learn advanced classes.

Media
"Main article: Media in Tseng"

Music
"Main article: Music of Tseng"

Popular culture
Tsengian culture is seen as "inferior" to Chinese/Taiwanese culture due to the small following of Tsengian-related stuff. But there are also many Tsengians known worldwide, like Carlos Zeng, the director and an actor in the famous Tsengian drama Withering Rose, singers Li Meng, Zhao Jiaxin, and the Tsengge Eight, actor Sébastien Tang, and athlete and streamer Elizabeth Jiang.