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National Jhongli Commercial High School (2016 CyberFair Project ID 8138)
Taiwan,
Jhongli City
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 4. Local Specialties
We estimate 11 student(s) from 16 to 17 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: Located today in Lane 173 of Kangding Road, the historic district of Bo-Pi Liao in Monga is a street developed during the Ching period. Standing on the south side of Lao-Song Elementary School in Wanhau District, Taipei City, extending on the east to Kwenming Street, south to Guanzhou Street and west to Kangding Road, it is the only Ching-styled street that still exists in Taipei today. The street was formed approximately in 1850, during the Ching period, and has been kept intact because the hundreds-meter long street was reserved for Lao-Song Elementary School’ use during the Japanese Rule Era, resulting in the prohibition of any further new buildings and reconstruction. The Education Department of Taipei City Government established a Bo-Pi Liao conservation and reutilization operating team in August of 2003, named "Heritage and Culture Education Center of Taipei City (HCEC)." It hopes to turn Bo-Pi Liao into an educational ground of local cultures for middle and elementary school students by recreating historic scenes and organizing educational activities, as well as to pass on the local culture by introducing the historical development, local life styles and unique industries in Bo-Pi Liao.
Project Description: With the rise of humanitarian awareness, together with the concepts of “conservation of cultural assets,” “reutilization of space” and “the meaning of conservation and reutilization,” people start to pay more attention to environmental protection and conservation. From governments’ reutilization of discarded spaces resulting from previous industries, to documentation of the conservation of historic districts in developed urban areas, these actions have shown the importance people place on the conservation of cultural assets. The protection of historic buildings indicates a connection between different parts of a culture system, such as the society and ethnic features, as well as emphasizes people’s respect for cultural heritages in a city. The historic district of Bo-Pi Liao, which contains abundant historical memories, and whose architectural space has witnessed the development of the streets in Monga, documenting details of people’s everyday life, is like a treasury that describes the ups and downs of the city.