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Jhaigang Elementary School (2015 CyberFair Project ID 7905)
Taiwan,
Taiwan,
Tainan City
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 1. Local Leaders
We estimate 5 student(s) from 11 to 12 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: The area where we reside is called the Xuejia District, located in the northwestern part of Tainan City. Being close to the coast, the land has a higher level of salinity. The Bazhang River, Jishui River and Jiangjyun River flow through the region, and given the flat terrain, flooding is frequent during heavy rain.
The early residents of Xuejia District were the Pingpu Siraya tribe (Xuejia branch of the Soulang Community). Later, the Han Chinese migrated to Taiwan and settled along the river before moving further inland and developing the area into the Thirteen Villages of Xuejia, hence making Xuejia a Han Chinese settlement. The residents primarily worship Emperor Pao-sheng of Ciji Temple (Level Three Ancient Monument). Religious activities such as the Xuejia Fragrance (a pilgrimage procession) and the Upper White Reef (yezu ceremony) were further developed and became major religious and cultural activities in Tainan City. Moreover, the temple also specially constructed a Koji Pottery Museum to house and preserve works of Koji pottery by Yeh Wang.
Due to its proximity to the sea and higher soil salinity, we mainly specialize in milkfish farming, milkfish fishball production and cultivation of drought-resistant and salt tolerant crops such as sorghum, corn, watermelon and cherry tomatoes. Our line of milkfish products, watermelon and tomatoes are famous throughout the nation, and visitors to Xuejia must try these specialties to make their trip worthwhile.
Project Description: Milkfish is a distinctive industry in the southern coastal region of Taiwan ,and the milkfish ponds are scattered everywhere. Milkfish dishes can be regarded as the most representative of Tainan snacks because you can eat them in almost every food stand. Huang Pi-Tien and Huang Kuo-Liang , the father and son, produce the fish in a nontoxic way that they apply molasses to the probiotics to improve the water quality. The eco-friendly way of fish farming has won them the name of experts of TGAP and it also has put them on a qualified list granted by the EU to export their fishery products. In addition, the milkfish products in their restaurant has been chosen as one of the top 10 specialty. Although the amount of their milkfish is small, they think it was a significant step in reassuring consumers that they are working hard on food safety. Compared with the outbreak of food scandals recently, what they do is definitely worth emulating. The research firstly focuses on the introduction of the Huangs’ milkfish ponds and stores in order to know their business concepts and then uses analysis of data to understand this local industry.However, to know is not enough, we will try to come up with different cooking methods and find out a new way to this industry step by step.