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Shezi Elementary School (2012 CyberFair Project ID 7313)
Taiwan,
Taipei
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 4. Local Specialties
We estimate 8 student(s) from 10 to 14 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: Shezi is an island in the water and was barred by water on three sides, Fancai Trench in the southeast, Keelung River in the north, and Tamsui River in the south. The meeting place of the two rivers in the west is the tail end of Shezi. Elongated like a duck’s head, it gazes towards Kuanyin Mountain, and boats can row towards Sanchung Luzhou, Guandu, and Beitou. Now, because of the highway construction and the completion of Chongyang Bridge, Bailing Bridge, and Zhoumei Boulevard, the water route era has ended. From the standpoint of Yanping North Road Section 5 and 6 meandering to sections 7, 8, and 9, the long, narrow roads are like the ribs of Shezi Island. On the banks of the Keelung delta riverside ferry pier, other than factories and garden, there still lives the master craftsman of handmade dragon boat---- Master Ching-cheng Liu. He has preserved the almost-lost craft of handmade dragon boat intact in Shihlin’s triangle crossing. Such an ardent guardian of culture heritage like this gives us the chance to reacquaint ourselves with Shezi and Shihlin from a different angle.
Project Description: Dragon Festival is one of Taiwan's three major festivals. Modern society is that increasingly relying on information technology, and although traditional holiday customs has changed with social transformation, the meaning of these cultural heritages should not disappear in the flood of time.
"The Heirs of the Dragon Boat" allows us to have the opportunity for a deeper understanding of the Dragon Boat Festival, and through a well designed “dragon birthing nine sons” series of local cultural and the arts events, we join the Dragon Boat Festival. We enter the community to interview a dragon boat master, dragon boat contestants and dragon boat activity promoters, use internet resources to find related Chinese Dragon Boat Festival customs, classic stories, arts, etc. Personally making handmade dough Dragon Boats, understanding the elements and hardships of making a dragon boat, brainstorm together to discuss the cultural significance represented by the "dragon”, and comparing the difference between Eastern and Western dragons...
From these activities we understand the insistence of cultural heirs in the life around us, and in the learning process, experience dragon boat and the cultural depth and meaning behind the dragon boat festival.