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Jhongjheng Elementary School (2005 CyberFair Project ID 3799)
Taiwan, Chungpu, Chiayi County
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 8. Local Music and Art Forms

We estimate 8 student(s) from 11 to 13 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: Our community is in Jhongpu Village, Chiayi County. Chiayi County is located in Central Southern Taiwan which is a country in a key position in Asia Pacific. The location of our community is on the way from Chiayi downtown to Mt. Ali where the mainly residents used to be aborigines. Thus, our community was the important central area for the contact of the aboriginals and the local people. This is a typical agriculture village which agricultural products includes betel nuts, oranges, and grapefruits. There is a famous landmark in our community--- Wu Hoe Temple, an ancestral temple in memory of Wu Hoe. Our school is close to this temple.

Project Description: Wu Hoe’s story is well-known to Taiwanese people, not only because it used to be one of the lessons of mandarin textbooks, but also Wu Hoe Temple is the reminder to visitors. Our school is near Wu Hoe Temple, it’s on the main road of this area. So it’s part of our community and part of our life as well. Wu Hoe was a famous hero in Taiwan’s history. The moral of his story is that Wu Hoe sacrificed himself to reform the aborigines and to change their old habit of killing people and offering them as sacrifices.Last year we researched on a prominent figure, Wu Hoe. To know more about high spots and monuments within our community, we study about the decoration art of Wu Hoe Temple this year. Our purpose is to detail its art as well as to guide the tourist.

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