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Ludong elementary school (2005 CyberFair Project ID 3773)
Taiwan, Changhua County
Official Status: Incomplete: under Development
Teacher:
Category: 7. Environmental Awareness

We estimate 20 student(s) from 11 to 13 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: The history of the town of Lukang has been characterized by rapid change. In the 17th century, Dutch occupiers used Lukang as a major harbor for exports; in 1784 it was designated as the Taiwan seaport for shipping links with the Hanchiang harbor at Chuanchou on the coast of mainland China. Thereby becoming the gateway to central Taiwan. At that time the town was crowded with stores that covered their facing streets with awnings, creating the famous ¡¸no sky¡¹market areas. Early in the present century the conservative residents refused to allow the passage of major northsouth railways and highways, and the harbor silted up as well, reducing Lukang from the second largest city in Taiwan to a small back water town. It is this conservatism,too, that has allowed the preservation of the traditional face of Lukang.

Project Description: The Old Choshui River is very important in history. But now it's polluted.

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