Doors to Diplomacy Participants

Shengang Junior High School (2016 CyberFair Project ID 8149)
Taiwan, Changhua County
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 8. Local Music and Art Forms

We estimate 10 student(s) from 13 to 14 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: Taiwan Gau-Jia uses melodic Nan-Guan singing, delicate dancing, and the northern drums to enhance dramatic tension and effects and highlight the content of the story. The way “northern drums; southern singing” was once the rage in Taiwan. In 2011, Changhua County Cultural Affairs Bureau invited "Nanguan New-Jin- Zhu Troupe"to Shengang Changhua to teach students Gau-Jia. In 2012, students began to take part in perform, such as “War Zhongshan”, “White Rabbit”, “Zhao Jun He Fan” and other operas. In 2015, we participated in the play “Qin Xiang Lian” From the performance, the interview of guide teachers, the document collection, the document sorting, and the activity of facial rendering, we sorted out “for beginners to understand the concept of a few Gau-Jia”, " the similarities and differences of Gau-Jia between China and Taiwan”, “Taiwan Gau-Jia historical development” , “ Taiwan Gau-Jia artistic characteristics”, etc. Through Cyberfair, we hope to make more people understand the beautyof Gau-Jia together.

Project Description: "Nanguan New Jin-Zhu Troupe", a Taiwan Gau-Jia company, was established in 1949. Most members of the company came from Shengang, Changhua. At that time the agricultural community, to make a living is not easy, so some parents sent their children to study traditional drama. Later, some of them became famous by many performs. And this also result in a wave of local drama learning. In 1980, with the prospering of industry and commerce, the age of televisions and films came; traditional opera gradually declined . In 2011, Changhua County Cultural Affairs Bureau invited New-Jin- Zhu Troupe to teach Gau-Jia. In 2012, the students of Shengang Junior High School began to participate in the learning of local drama.

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