Doors to Diplomacy Participants

Jie-Shou Primary School (2002 CyberFair Project ID 1933)
Taiwan, Matsu
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 2. Community Groups and Special Populations

We estimate 17 student(s) from 11 to 12 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: If the 21st century will have its own legends, then it's going to find them in Matsu! In the year 2000,Liang Chieh-teh, a maker of documentary films, shot a nature film about terns on Matsu, and he accidentally discovered some Chinese crested terns there. The specoes had only been sighted five times before, and many assumed it was extinct or described or described it as a "legendary bird". The news put Matsu on the world's ecological map. In January of 2001, when discussions about the "three small links" to mainland China were grabbing headlines around the world, Matsu, due to its unique conditions, beat out Kinmen to become the first place in the ROC with direct travel, mail and trade links with mainland China.

Project Description: Old is beautiful! After many decades of tight government control, the old architecture has been remarkably preserved in Matsu, particularly in Nankan's Niuchiao Village and Peikan's Chinpi Village. All are excellent examples of traditional eastern Fujianese village architecture. Elsewhere in the ROC the traditional Chinese culture was southern Fujianese. Meanwhile, eastern Fujian itself has experienced such rapid development that almost all of its traditional architecture has been destroyed. The traditional eastern Fhjianese settlements on Matsu are just about the only ones left in pristine condition anywhere in the world.

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