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Piho Primary School (2004 CyberFair Project ID 3405)
Taiwan,
I-lan County ,
Nan-ao Township
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 2. Community Groups and Special Populations
We estimate 16 student(s) from 10 to 12 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: Piho Community is situated in Ilan County, at the southern-most region of Nanao Township. The majority of the residents are Atayal, with a population of over 1000. The townsfolk are proud to be known for an abundance of three things: an abundance of people, an abundance of Chiefs, and an abundance of heroic deeds accomplished. Old Piho, as known to the Piyahaw, symbolizes the root of the traditions and culture of the tribe. About 65 years ago, the Atayal people put up fierce resistance against the Japanese Colonial government’s “Lee Fan (Tribal Affairs) Policy”. The Japanese went about trying to flame ethnic and bloody strife between the Piyahaw and Khogang, which led to the tribe moving to several different locations before finally settling in at this area. Fortunately, since the Piyahaw moved as a whole community all those times throughout the many years, their culture and traditions were preserved mostly intact. against Japanese occupants' "Aboriginal Management Policy." To weaken their resistance, the colonists deliberately provoked a bloody sibling rivalry between Piyahaws and Khogangs. The Piyahaws were then repeatedly forced to relocate before permanently established in Piho. Since all Piyahaw villagers moved to Piho, much of the traditional heritages were preserved.
Project Description: We started off the project doing interviews of the people closest to us, our relatives. In this way, we got to know Piho’s past and present even more closely. For events that took place much longer ago, our plan was to go: interviewing the elderly, poring over (history) books, going online to look up information, and talking with the people who had previous experience holding major community events in the county and district. We also had much help from the Piho Community Development Association, not only finding a wealth of information in their in-house files, but also gleaning much more from our talks with the President and Secretary General of the Association.