ang ji ang ▁and ▁Hu ai ▁River , ▁leaving ▁the ▁region ▁( mod ern ▁F uj ian ) ▁a ▁desert ed ▁land . ▁ ▁An ▁ancient ▁stone ▁city ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁inner ▁mountains ▁of ▁F uj ian ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁Min y ue ▁capital . ▁The ▁nearby ▁tomb s ▁show ▁the ▁same ▁fun er ary ▁tradition ▁as ▁Y ue ▁state ▁tomb s ▁in ▁Z he ji ang ▁Province . ▁Hence , ▁it ▁is ▁concluded ▁that ▁the ▁city ▁was ▁a ▁Min y ue ▁center . ▁ ▁Culture ▁The ▁ancient ▁Min ▁in ▁modern - day ▁F uj ian ▁province ▁had ▁custom s ▁similar ▁to ▁those ▁of ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁Taiwan ese ▁ab orig ines , ▁such ▁as ▁s nake ▁to tem ism , ▁short ▁hair - style , ▁t atto o ing , ▁teeth ▁pulling , ▁p ile - d well ings , ▁cl iff ▁bur ial s , ▁and ▁u x or il ocal ▁post - mar ital ▁resid ences . ▁It ▁is ▁possible ▁that ▁the ▁ancient ▁Taiwan ▁ab orig ines ▁were ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁B ai y ue ▁culture , ▁derived ▁in ▁ancient ▁times ▁from ▁the ▁sout heast ▁coast ▁of ▁Main land ▁China , ▁as ▁suggested ▁by ▁lingu ists ▁Li ▁Jen - K ue i ▁and ▁Robert ▁Bl ust . ▁It ▁is ▁suggested ▁that ▁in ▁the ▁sout heast ▁coast al ▁regions ▁of ▁China , ▁there ▁were ▁many ▁sea ▁nom ads ▁during ▁the ▁Ne ol ith ic ▁era ▁and ▁they ▁may ▁have ▁spoken ▁ancest ral ▁Aust ron esian ▁languages , ▁and