To easily form gangs, the country must contain cultural elements suitable for the gang structure. Two things are very important factors: (1) filial piety, which emphasizes the ethics of orderly upbringing and upbringing; (2) the lack of one-on-one personal relationships

The first point in history is that dueling is an honor. Taiwan has always respected filial piety. The younger ones have to serve the older ones, and the younger ones have to contribute money and effort to the older ones. This thing is the ideological basis for forming gangs. The second point,

If a country has a history of personal one-on-one duels as an honor, then when it is humiliated, the behavior of gathering relatives and friends to fight afterwards cannot be rationalized by the sense of honor shaped by history, so it is less likely to develop into a mutual aid organization like a mafia gang. Taiwan

There has always been a lack of tradition of dueling in person. When a landlord was humiliated, he would find a group of people to fight back, instead of the humiliated party personally coming out to duel. It is not a shame in Taiwanese culture to let others fight on his behalf, and then bully the minority afterwards.

Such a historical background can support and rationalize the behavior of gangs gathering to fight. Many Westerners attribute the courtesy of contemporary powerful gentry to the history of duels. Duels may be a bit barbaric in the eyes of many Taiwanese people. However,

, a duel has three important elements that are very respectable: you must do it yourself and not let others do it for you, you must do it one by one, and you must follow the established rules and procedures. If there was ever a sense of honor in dueling in Taiwan's history, today

Gangs will not be rampant. Taiwan's gang culture was originally in the era when immigrants from Zhangquan, China were competing for territory, and the trend of armed fighting was prevalent, and gradually the barriers became clearer.

However, during the Japanese occupation period, because it involved anti-Japanese actions, it was violently suppressed by the Japanese and gradually collapsed. However, after the Chiang regime came to Taiwan, in order to consolidate its power at the grassroots level of society, Chiang Ching-kuo used intelligence and governance units to finance the underworld and kill people with knives to attack dissidents.

The tactics used to create the so-called "underworld governance" are bad phenomena, and have been used as a stain by the opposition parties to criticize.

In the past decade or so, Taiwan's security forces have vigorously carried out raids under various names such as the "One Cleansing Project", using both carrot and stick to make the so-called gangs "automatically disband." This has made outsiders who don't know the truth think that Taiwan's underworld has been dismantled, but in fact

However, Taiwan's gangsters all learned from Japan and took the path of corporate bleaching.

Gang organizations are hidden in various industries. Although many of their financial resources come from illegal income from special businesses such as porn hotels, there are more or less corporate accounts operating, which also makes the police wary. Usually, they can only attract informants and obtain reliable information.

Only then can action be taken.

For example, in the funeral scene of "Mosquito Brother", you can see the names of these gang leaders from the black uniforms worn by the young and Dangerous boys who were mobilized. For example, the local Tiandao League is known as "Tianwu Company"

To identify the members of the Bamboo Alliance Gang, the Bamboo Alliance Gang is named directly as the Bamboo Alliance Enterprise, or more directly as the "Zhongyi Hall" at the entrance of the hall. This practice is actually to establish prestige on the scene.

The so-called "Zhonglian Gang" was the main body in preparing this funeral. Badges with Brother Mosquito's photo were also issued to the staff and pinned to their lapels for identification.

The badges are also divided into levels. The white ones are for "Mosquito Brother"'s cronies. The limited edition commemorative badges can only be obtained by a few "big brothers" who are senior enough.

From this point of view, Taiwan’s gang culture has developed into a unique style.

As for the relationship between those from this province and those from other provinces, the interactions in the past few years have been on their own. Although they are not so harmonious that they treat each other like guests, they are still relatively non-intrusive.

For example, Ye Mingcai, leader of the Niupu Gang, was also one of the key figures in the funeral. Because the funeral was on the Niupu Gang's territory, he was the first to mobilize. The Tiandao League, which is also affiliated with the province along with the Niupu Gang, also mobilized more than 400 people.

, as the Taiwanese saying goes, "The loser does not lose the battle," which means that individual winning or losing is not a big deal, but one must not lose face in a group competition. This sentence best describes the underworld's mobilization on this day.

The Bamboo Union Gang, which has influence from other provinces all over Taiwan, and the Songlian Gang, which is mainly based in Songshan District, Taipei, not only paid tribute to the gang leaders, but also sent hundreds of people to the scene, which can be regarded as the "Mosquito Brother" who resolved disputes between various gangs in the past.

"Express gratitude. After all, if there is a dispute over territory or interests, it really has to be fought to the end without giving in, and a lot of people will definitely bleed. Therefore, the eldest brother will often weigh the pros and cons, find an arbiter to come forward, and find a way out.

Also because of the good interaction with the fair-minded "Mosquito Brother" in the past, Jia Runnian, the leader of the old gang "Sihai Gang" who is also a gangster from other provinces, first proposed to set the funeral day as a "peace day", which should also be a reflection on the recent ethics among the underworld.

The concept of seniority is gradually weakening and I am worried.

In addition, Yu Tian, ??the president of the Taiwan Performing Arts Association, who has good interactions with the underworld in the entertainment industry, and Yang Guangyou, the chairman of the Performing Arts Union, also came to the venue in person to pay tribute.

It is obvious that the entertainment industry is still an industry that needs "care" from the underworld.