清代台湾纂修的地方志表明,台湾疫灾经历了由瘴气到瘟疫的转变。台湾疫灾在开发初期以瘴气为主,随着开发的不断深入,瘟疫成为台湾社会经济发展中的主要疫灾。台湾民众对疫灾的抗击与防御,几乎与大陆传统社会的防灾方式没有区别,但也有一定的地方特色。 The local chronicles compiled by Taiwan in the Qing Dynasty show that the epidemic in Taiwan has undergone a change from belching to plague. In the early stage of development, Taiwan’s epidemic was mainly belching gas. As its development progressed, the plague became the major epidemic in Taiwan’s social and economic development. The populace resistance and defense against the epidemic in Taiwan are almost no different from the traditional disaster prevention methods in the mainland, but they also have certain local characteristics.