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Da-Tsuen Elementary School (2003 CyberFair Project ID 2377)
Taiwan,
ChungHua County
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 8. Local Music and Art Forms
We estimate 8 student(s) from 11 to 12 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: The city of Da-Tsuen is located in the middle of Taiwan, Chunghua County. It is a small, simple, and traditional town. People in Da-Tsuen are full of human interest and enthusiastic. People will show their generosity and impressive style when the festivals or carnivals are held. ¡¸The Lion Dance¡¹was a traditional folk custom in China¡ªan ancient and historical country. The legends about¡¸The Lion Dance¡¹begun in the Gin dynasty and as time passed,¡¸The Lion Dance¡¹was retained deep in Chinese people¡¯s memory. Because of our school¡¯s location, we have many opportunities to watch¡¸The Lion Dance¡¹performance in many kinds of celebrations or traditional meetings. The spirits and religious convictions of the people in this small town play an important role. The adoration and respect from our childhood memories inspire us to investigate¡¸The Lion Dance¡¹£¡ We want to analyze its history, evolution, its purpose, its manufacturing process¡etc.
Project Description: We searched many legends and historical stories about the lion dance. The most important process is making the lion head by ourselves. We invited the Sifu Shih£¨folk teacher£©who is the famous traditional artist in Lu-kang to teach us how to make a lion head. It was an exciting experience for us. Although this was the hardest step in our project, we still finish the lion head at all. How beautiful smaller lion head we made£¡
We visited and interviewed the management or the older men who manage often go to the temples located in Da-Tsuen. We wanted to know when the temples in Da-Tsuen ask the lion dance to perform£¿ Or why do they invite the lion dance to appear£¿
We also interviewed the other famous person in Da-Tsuen who is the leader of the Chi-Ying Tang, and which is a famous lion dance team in Da-Tsuen. He is Sifu A-lu ¨C Mr. Lee Lun Yao. He told us many rules about the lion dance, and why the lion dance combines the martial arts with the performance.
After our interview, we designed a questionnaire to ask our school¡¯s students. We wanted to know the level of their understanding about the lion dance. After our count, we found out most students in our school did not know much about the lion dance. And these results encouraged us to research deeper and help these students learn more about lion dance.
We used books, VCDs, and got a lot of useful information from the internet in researching our project. Finally, we combined all that we searched, learned, and made by ourselves and created a beautiful web site to show our research process.