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Kaohsiung Municipal Jia-Chang Elementary School (2008 CyberFair Project ID 5262)
Taiwan, Kaohsiung
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 2. Community Groups and Special Populations

We estimate 12 student(s) from 11 to 12 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: ‘Kaohsiung’city is situated on the southwestern coast of Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait to the west and, beyond the southern tip of the island, the Bashi Channel to the south. It sits across vital sea-lanes connecting Northeast Asia with the indian Ocean, and offers outstanding commercial port facilities.‘ To welcome the world games in 2009’, Kaohsiung City government has lunched a series of construction projects, expecting to build an “ocean capital city.”

‘Youchang’is located in the north of Kaohsiung City , closed to Houjing River and belonged to Nanzih District. Its history can be traced back to the earliest Chinese immigrants in Kaohsiung, when some soldiers were sent to set up a camp named “the Right Camp” in Youchang area by Jheng Cheng-gong of the Ming Dynasty in 1661A.D.

Project Description: There are four temples now in Youchang area: Yuan-Shuai Temple, San-Shan-Guo-Wang Temple (Temple of the Three Mountain-Kings), Ford Temple?(Temple of the Land-God) and Ford Temple?(Temple of the Land-God). They are just enclosed into a rhombus, defend everything of Youchang area. Among them Yuan-Shuai Temple develops first, It occupies on the important position of the traffic routes, becomes the landmark and spokesman of Youchang gradually.

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