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Rueifong Primary School (2004 CyberFair Project ID 3348)
Taiwan,
Chiayi County
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 4. Local Specialties
We estimate 16 student(s) from 11 to 12 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: Rueifong Village was once called Shengmaoshu, which in the local language means “Moss Covered Tree Village.” Overlooked by the peaks of Hai-shu (Sea-Mouse) Mountain, watching the sun rising from behind the mountain can fill you with a positive energy. For this reason, the area was called “Rueifong,” which means Auspicious Peak. Rueifong is the second largest village in the Meishan Township District, and is located at the center of an area bounded by Caoling, Meishan, and Rueili. The village sits at an altitude ranging from 450 to 1309 meters and has an average daytime temperature of 20 degrees. Rueifong is most famous for its local agricultural product, tea, and has the highest tea garden in the district situated on the slopes of at Hai-shu Mountain. In the early years, it was named “Moss (Hair) Covered Tree Village,” which refers to the Song-Luo plant that hangs down from the branches of the local trees.
Project Description: Rueifong Village is most noted for its major agricultural product, high mountain tea. The tealeaves are called “green gold,” in the same way that golden metal is called “yellow gold” and pitch-black petroleum oil is called “black gold”. Every year, the local tea farmers attend a tea contest, and for the last six consecutive years have won the highest award in the A-li Mountain Class Tea category, which is selected from over 1200 tea samples. The prizewinners are looked upon as the elite of the local tea producers. With such high honor, the local tea could be thought of as being plated with a golden coat. Therefore, our school decided to select our community industry - tea - as the focus of our research subject.