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Li-Ming Elementary School (2006 CyberFair Project ID 4345)
Taiwan,
Yi-Lan
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 1. Local Leaders
We estimate 7 student(s) from 11 to 12 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: The “Cloth-horse & Colorful Boat Opera Association”, leaded by Mr. Lin, is located at Yun-shan Hsiang, Yi-lan County, where is said the hometown of Taiwan Opera. According to the research, in the early age of Japanese colonial period, Mr. Lai-zhu Ou, a Yun-shan Hsianger, built a stage under a centenary old autumn maple tree to teach “Local Taiwan Opera”, which evolved into today’s “Taiwan Opera”. Immersed in this environment, Mr. Lin not only learned the Local Taiwan Opera, he also applied the vocal and movement of Local Taiwan Opera into “Cloth-horse Formation”. Last year’s Cyber Fair, we had studied the subject of “Local Taiwan Opera”. This year, we decided to further our study on Mr. Lin’s “Cloth-horse Formation”. During our studies, we deeply recognize that how easily the traditional arts disappeared and how hard to preserve them. Therefore, through the website, we are not only wishing to document those fading away local cultures, but also longing for your cherish and supports to keep them on going.
Project Description: In the past temple fair, we could often see performers of Cloth-horse Formation, wearing big red gowns and government hats, carrying a cloth-horse on back made of bamboo sticks and cloth as a horse, interpreting the embarrassment of the “champion” who got the highest score and honor of the national exam riding on a horse back to his hometown in a humorous and funny way to attract the audience. So far, besides Yun Lin, Yi-lan also has the performances of Cloth-horse Formation. Mr. Lin Rong-Chuen is one of the few masters of Cloth-horse Formation in Yi-lan that we are going to introduce to you. Up to 78 years old, besides ordinary Cloth-horse Formation performances, he continuously breaks through and innovates in this field. Not only improving bamboo horses into cloth horses, he also adds colorful boats and bivalves to serve as props, trying to put the postures and music of the Local Taiwan Opera into his performance to have his own style. After awarded the national Shin-Chuan prize in 1992 (Shin-Chuan means passing from master to pupils in endless session), he threw himself even harder into teaching, expecting to pass on the traditional art of Cloth-horse Formation to the world, also remaining the craft that is gradually extinct.