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The Yi Chang Junior High School (2009 CyberFair Project ID 5818)
Taiwan, Taiwan, Hualien
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 5. Local Attractions (Natural and Man-Made)

We estimate 8 student(s) from 8 to 12 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: Hualien County locates in East Taiwan, facing endless Pacific Ocean in the east, connecting with magnificent Central Mountain Area. With mountains and the ocean make it a world-famous scenery, Toroko Gorge in the north, coastline national park scenery area in the east, Jade Mountain National Park in the south, East Rift Valley with fantastic countryside views passing through. Nature beauty is all around.

Hualien was called Qilai long ago. Hualien River goes east to the ocean and its waters surge with the waves; therefore, it is called “Huelan” (whirling fence). People use the assonance to say “Hualien”.

Hualien County with 4628 square kilometers is the largest county in Taiwan. Population of 355,000 makes Fukienese, Hakka, mainlanders and aboriginal people living together. They get alone harmoniously with simple nice culture and work together to develop this pure land.

Project Description: In quiet dawn, standing next to a huge building in so-called “30 rice road”, facing the first ray of the morning sun, its radiance is growing gradually. The building is not only a spiritual fortress of TzuChi, but it also contains the beauty of culture, history, architecture and arts. You can feel the level of living in this world without noise from transportation. No matter the solemn Jingse Hall, Jingse Zhuxuan or the meadow, it combines modern views and simplicity from the past. It really is a place worth coming to experience Buddhism culture.

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