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Sinpo Elementary School (2005 CyberFair Project ID 3822)
Taiwan,
Guanyin
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 1. Local Leaders
We estimate 10 student(s) from 11 to 12 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: Guan-yin is in the northwest of Taoyuan County, facing the Taiwan Strait and bordering Ta-yuan, Chung-li and Shin-wu. Guan-yin consists of (1) Guan-yin Area (2) Tsau-ta Area (3) Shin-po Area. This countryside looks like a triangle with a coastline of fifteen kilometers that is the longest of all the four coastal towns in Taoyuan County.
During the Ching Dynasty, Taiwanese (people from the southern part of Fukien Province), and Hakkas (people moving from northern to southern China during periods of invasions by the northern tribes in Chinese history) immigrated to Guan-yin one after another. Taiwanese migrated here by way of Shiu-tsuo Fishing Port and Da-yuan in the north, while Hakkas settled here through Shin-ju area in the south. Thus, the three areas “Guan”, “Tsau-ta” and “Shin-po” were gradually developed. Each village formed its unique cultural characteristics. So the phenomena of development here were different from those in the other areas in Taoyuan County.
Project Description: In the early stages of Taiwan, people farm for a living and rice is the staple food. But rice also has other uses besides eating. At the age of poor economic situation, it’s not so convenient in many aspects of livelihood. Rice stalks are highly used; they can be made into straw sandals, straw hats, straw swords for kids to play, straw ropes for rope-skipping and so on. In this civilized and technological era, people forget this traditional skill gradually. However, there is a grand old man devoting him to this work and enhancing it; he hopes that the straw-weaving art can be spread to every corner all over the world through passing down the traditional skills to the future generation.