Cihung

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Taroko/Truku (Taiwan)

Meaning

a feminine Truku name connected to the weaving tradition that is the most celebrated and culturally significant female practice in Truku society, where the ability to produce fine geometric cloth on a backstrap loom was historically required of all women and served as the primary criterion of female competence, beauty, and eligibility for marriage; Truku weaving uses distinctive diamond and chevron patterns in red, black, and white that encode clan identity, ritual knowledge, and cosmological symbolism in textile form, and a woman named Cihung carries the expectation of becoming a skilled keeper of this living craft tradition that has survived colonial disruption and now flourishes as a form of cultural revitalisation among Truku youth

Gender

female