平埔原住民

在台灣的鄉間，有一種閩南語發音為「ㄏㄧㄨㄥˋ」的「向」的這個名詞，其實因為閩南語無此字彙，加上這應該是從當年平埔原住民的話所移植過去，因此正確的發音應該是「ㄏㄧㄤˋ」，也就是以巫術害人的意思。If you travel into some indigenous villages of Siraya or Taivoan in Southern Taiwan, you might bump into a Southern Min term ‘hiong‘. Hiong should not be a Southern Min term but an indigenous term instead, which correct pronunciation should be ‘hiang‘ — “the sorcery”.   What kind of sorcery is Hiang? Well, some says the indigenous sorcery Hiang could function like a burglar alarm, very interesting. According to some historical records in the past hundreds of years, the Plain Indigenous peoples would  

向，是原住民千百年來的防盜裝置

水能載舟，亦能覆舟：其他殺人於無形的傳統巫術

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• 〈「向」的神力帶來千軍萬馬，是否也能帶回大武壟族人的笑容？〉
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