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Yong-An Elementary School (2015 CyberFair Project ID 7985)
Taiwan,
Taipei City
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 4. Local Specialties
We estimate 10 student(s) from 9 to 12 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: We live in Taipei with convenient transportation, diversified culture and developed technology. There are abundant resources and many foreign visitors in Taipei. Some people come here just for the purpose of experiencing the particular culture of Taipei, such as experiencing night fair culture, visiting special temples and Taipei 101, medical cosmetology, fortune-telling etc. This time we will conduct study on the particular numerology and fortune-telling culture and street, in particular on places where transportation is convenient, such as Lungshan Temple (MRT Longshan Temple Station) and Hsing Tian Kong (MRT Xingtian Temple Station). Foreign visitors are particularly interested in these places.
Project Description: “Numerology” has been a subject that is discussed by people since ancient times. Distinct numerology cultures worldwide have been developed. In Taiwan, we often hear that many people seek fortune-telling on name of children, proper date of marriage etc. We can see the some advertisement boards for fortune-telling on the streets. Many merchants of numerology have gathered around Hsing Tian Kong and Lungshan Temple, and formed the streets of numerology, which attract many foreign visitors. Many people do poe divination, draw and interpret the lots in temples, why do they do this? Then what is fortune-telling? We will analyze the idea and behavior of people over numerology through questionnaire, in order to pry into the mystery of numerology. The Cyberfair project not only introduces the origin, type and popular method of fortune-telling, but also attempts to experience the drawing and interpreting of lots by interviewing the fortune-tellers in the temple, in order to have better understanding of the essence of fortune-telling culture. Finally, we find that people tend to be helpless due to our own weakness, and resort to the fortune-tellers for help or answers, just like those who see psychologists to get comfort through the oral advice of others.