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Li-Ming Elementary School (2004 CyberFair Project ID 3422)
Taiwan,
Taiwan,
Yilan City
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 6. Historical Landmarks
We estimate 5 student(s) from 10 to 12 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: The South-Gate park is located at the south gate of the old city in the city of YiLan nowadays.
In the Japanese colonial government, the park was the location of the city hall. After the colonial government, it was still the city hall of the YiLan county. However, after the city hall and the city jail had been removed, the park had been transformed from a well controlled district to an old Japanese style wasteland. At the time of reconstructing this place to a commercial area, the chief of executive yuan pondered for a while, concerning the replant of an old camphor tree insides the park and then decided not to build the commercial buildings. Rather, he kept these historical buildings. Today the South-Gate park has been left a lot of historical buildings and sign scenery, such as the memorial hall, old jail office, the cabin, the wall, the secret mansion and the residence of the Agriculture school, which is still under reconstruction, etc. Because the park is located at the center of the city where the land was so limited to a large population, it is so precious to be preserved, under the era of focusing on developing rather than preserving.
Project Description: YiLan, a northeast county of Taiwan, has been a new haven for pioneers since Ching Dynasty. Although many disadvantages caused tremendous living pressure on new immigrants, such as surrounded by high mountains, original tribes, and bad weathers, the pressure did not discourage their love from this land. It even derives more their passion and belongingness toward the land.
We choose South-Gate park as our research topic, not only because its historical value, the political center of YiLan county, but also because its controversial preserving process which represents YiLan people vision and courage towards historical preservation.
During our research, we gladly found that the South-Gate park has reborn because of its historical value, the well-planned protection and positive attitude of government, the enthusiasm of volunteers and the deeply love of local people. From the preservation of South-Gate park, we see the glance of hope to preserve historical sites, because of the new concept and positive attitude from the government and the autonomous effort of the townsman. As local people, we would want to be a tutelary of the part of history keeping. Therefore, we devoted ourselves into this project. Our research methods include data collection, interviewing officials, volunteers and neighborhood, as well as doing questionnaire. We tried to collect all the unknowing stories of South-Gate park.
This study is just a beginning. We hope it can arouse children admire to their hometown, and to inspire the though into the children mind to discover the interesting part of their surroundings.