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Sinpo Elementary School (2006 CyberFair Project ID 4596)
Taiwan, Guanyin
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 1. Local Leaders

We estimate 6 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: The Chinese Buddhism implies a kind of mystical color and has deeply influenced people in the simple countryside of Guan-yin. A-yin Lin, the venerable man who is in his eighties now, took the Japanese education in his childhood and went deep into “The Eighteen Layers of Hells”; also, he combined his thoughts with his paintings. By his exquisite painting techniques, these paintings show the kindhearted spirits of Buddhism completely.

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