A Study to The Current Hakka Cultural Activities Impelling by Hakka Associations in Taipei County

[[abstract]]The policies to protect disadvantage minorities and their cultures are usually established in most well developed countries. Taiwan Hakka people are always in a minor situation. Hakka Culture is facing a fading crisis caused by other main stream cultures’ influences and domination. In order to solve the crisis, it is necessary to establish a government office in charge of preserving Hakka culture and lasting vitality of the Hakka culture. Some insightful Hakkanese are expecting that the government office is established by congregating the outstanding Hakkanese and government strength. Hakka Affairs Division in Taipei county, a level 2 office under Cultural Affairs Bureau, was established in January 2005. A level 1 Hakka affair office is planned under many Hakka Non-profit organizations’ (NPO) impetus. Have NPOs done some performance impelling Hakka affairs and Hakka culture? The purpose of this study is: (1) to understand the structure, type, and duty of Hakka associations; (2) to understand the how Hakka associations impel Hakka culture; (3) to investigate the integration of Hakka cultural resources within social associations in Taipei county; (4) to investigate the problems that the Hakka associations are encountering; (5) to be a counseling reference for Hakka associations. This research collected related literature to carry on the discussions of the nature and the vision of the NPO and Hakka culture connotation. General survey was applied in this study. Base on the issue of impelling Hakka culture, Hakka associations were surveyed by the questionnaires. Then SPSS was adopted to process the descriptive statistical analysis. The situation, the problems and the patterns about impelling Hakka culture by Hakka associations were discussed. Some suggestions were made to related organization for planning their cultural policies.