Doors to Diplomacy Participants

Jing-Siou Elementarry School (2013 CyberFair Project ID 7512)
Taiwan, Changhua
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 3. Business and Community Organizations

We estimate 10 student(s) from 10 to 12 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: Located to the west of Yuan-Lin railway, the nature environment of Nan-Ping Chateau’s early years were nothing but fields of green. The west side, the Ding Chateau, was occupied by villages of people mostly with the same last name of Yang. The east side, the Xia Chateau, was then occupied with people of five main last names: Feng, Chang, Huang, Lai and Lu. During the time when Japan was ruling Taiwan, people needed the spiritual stability. Due to the needs of the citizenry, the local gentries, used the nearby Jing-Hua Hall as the mother hall, built Xi-Shou Hall at the Chang’s in Xia Chateau, and offered their respect to Guan-Yin and Bao-Gong. The first hall manager was Mr. De-He Chang. Ju Chang, Shu Yang, Si-San Chang amd Ping Wu came afterwards and dedicated their efforts as managers. Ping Wu started the movement to build the temple. Through the donation of property and money from the devotees, the temple was built at Ding Chateau in Nan-Ping Village in 1965, and was named as San-Sen Temple. The management committee was formed in 1970, when population massively grew due to land readjustment and the development of Ju-Guang Rd. Due to the population growth, Ding Chateau of Nan-Ping Village became Nan-Xing Village, which can be translated as “the newly formed village in Nan-Ping”. The narrow and long landform is located to the west of Da-Cun Canal in Xing-Sheng Village and the east of Shuang-Xia Canal. To the north is the Da-Pu Village that connects to Da-Cun Village, and to the west is the Yuan-Tan Village. Yang was the most common last name, as You and Huang came in second and third. It remained an agriculture village with San-Sen Temple as the major temple that spiritually calmed the residents.

Project Description: The designated topic is “A pilgrimage to San-Sen Temple”. The content includes the beginning and the history of San-Sen Temple, as well as the significance of every God within the temple. Research on the construction technique Jian-Nian (Cut and Paste) is also included. Moreover, the research team will also share their knowledge with the students. Through this format of introduction, not only can we help the local people, even the whole world, to understand how important San-Sen Temple is to Yuan-Lin Township, but also can we help the students to realize their mission to preserve traditional culture. The aims of the research are as followed: 1.The history of San-Sen Temple 2.Interviewing the local grand old men 3.Research on the architectural characteristics of San-Sen Temple 4.For the students to experience the construction technique Jian-Nian 5.Bring what they learn to school environment

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