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Chang Sing Junior High School (2017 CyberFair Project ID 8249)
Taiwan,
Changhua
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 8. Local Music and Art Forms
We estimate 5 student(s) from 13 to 15 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: Located in the mid-west area, Changhua County borders Bagua Mountains in the east and Nantou County in the south respectively and neighbors Taiwan Strait in the west, with Zhuoshui River and Yunlin County as the boundaries in the south and Dadu River and Taichung City as boundaries in the north. Its terrain is featured by plain, belonging to Changhua Plain. Changhua is also the county with the smallest area in Taiwan Island. It is said that there are many deer in the middle area of Taiwan and herds of deer often gather in Caopu, Haikou, so Lukang Township is named as “Luzai Port”, and later simply called “Lukang”. The ancient capital Lukang was one of the three most prosperous towns. It is an art gallery in itself where the traditional technicians live their life of art and their finished products have become beautiful works of art. Lukang is a place where only small minorities of Taiwan’s traditional crafts survive and develop and it is also a cradle of “Folk Art Heritage Awards” winner.
Project Description: This project theme is “Passing on the Tradition of Lantern-making-The Master Craftsman,Tun-hou Wu”. Mr. Tun-hou Wu won the National Heritage Awards in 1988. He learned to make lanterns by himself when he was 13 years old and now he is 93 years old. So far, he has been making lanterns for 80 years. Being exquisite and delicate, his works are known as “Cultural National Treasure”. Two slender white eyebrows and gentle and kind smile are his signs of the genuineness. His image has been used in monthly calendar, stamp, postcard and the leading role of liberty lottery for many times. As long as the traditional lanterns are mentioned, many people usually associate this Heritage Awards winner. In recent several years, Mr. Wu has felt that the traditional skills have no successors gradually. The skills of making lanterns should not only be inherited by his own children, he is also invited to go to provincial and municipal Social Education Hall, cultural center, national elementary and secondary schools in various levels and senior high schools to teach the teachers the skills of making lanterns. Driven by the sense of responsibility to adhere to and inherit his duty, he holds the faith that he must find the successors to succeed to the intangible cultural heritage. Until now, he still continues his mission to cultivate talents and he is admirable for his spirit.