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Taipei First Girls High School (2013 CyberFair Project ID 7586)
Taiwan, Taipei
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 5. Local Attractions (Natural and Man-Made)

We estimate 8 student(s) from 16 to 17 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: Di Hwa Commercial Area was formerly called South Street Central South Street or Central North Street covering the northern of NanKing West Roadfrom Ming Sheng West Road to Quay Swei Street,along Quay Swei Strret till Liang Zao Street nowadays. And our visiting coverage is on Di Hwa Strret and the surroundings at this time.

Project Description: We live in the metropolitan of Taiwan—Taipei City, surrounded with the skyscraper and high buildings everywhere making people like living in a jungle.Ofcourse the city is decorated and flooded with the sparkling neon light in the night. Go back to the Taiwan history, the southern areas of Taiwan was developed earlier than which of the northern, however, Taipei is on the chosen teeming cities list in Asia as from now. The prosperous and progressive status is fully attributed to an old city set up in the seventeenth cenury—Da Dao Cheng. The name was derived from its original function as a place using for drying the unhusked rice under the sun.In Taipei city, the first developed harbourfor trade was Mong Jia, thereafter Da Dao Cheng was developed and played a key role of promoting Taipei to the top. With the years gone, the varieties in cultural living is the significant characteristic of the current Da Dao Cheng. And among which, Di Hwa Trade Area will be the most prosperious area in Da Dao Cheng,and is consisting of many specialized business, such as clothing vendors, tea stores, general cargos…etc.Even many historic buildings still stand around the area.It might be called a living history of Taipei. This is the reason why we decide to select it as our researching topic. Our main points are on the items of history,, ancient architecture, commercial firms transportand suggested itinery. Despite that a plenty of available information about Di Hhwa Street can be easily derived from the magaziness, newspaper and government publishings, we use the way of spot interview in order to get a feeling of the realistic screen like the people living there.

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