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Kaohsing Municipal Hsin-Chuang High School (2003 CyberFair Project ID 2890)
Taiwan,
Kaohsiung
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 4. Local Specialties
We estimate 11 student(s) from 17 to 18 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: The Hakka people who live at the foot of the Meinung Mountain in Kaohsiung County immigrated to here from the Province of Canton in early times. Due to the conflicts between the Hakka and the Hokkien as well as the inconvenient transportation caused by mountains all around geographically, the Hakka in Meinung have their own unique culture. Rice was the main crops in ancient time. But during the Japanese occupation period, tobacco leaves replaced it. Nowadays, because the social structure has changed, the traditional agriculture was fading out. And the tobacco industry is disappearing after Taiwan became the member of WTO. The local residents began to transform their traditional industry into tourism and fine agriculture. This change brought Meinung a new chance to survive.
Project Description: In addition to the natural mountains and rivers, the cultural landscapes also occupied an important place on earth. Among cultural landscapes, besides houses, the industry landscapes gradually became the obvious landmarks. For example, the chimneys of sugar refineries left in Chia-nan Plain represent the prosperity of sugar industry at one time. Industry landscapes will change along with the evolution of local industry, for instance, the area around the Kaohsiung Art Museum, which changed into a qualified cultural zone. In other words, landscapes not only come out with human activities but also change along with the evolution of industry. Therefore, studying the landscapes in an area can help us understand how people interact with the environment in the land. Furthermore, the changes of landscapes are able to make us see how people adjust themselves to the new environment after the shock of changes.