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Jing Siou Elementary School (2018 CyberFair Project ID 8404)
Taiwan,
Yuanlin City
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 5. Local Attractions (Natural and Man-Made)
We estimate 10 student(s) from 10 to 12 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: Changhua County has been known as Taiwan Rice Warehouse, which was long ago called Babuza, the name given by the aboriginals and was put down in Chinese characters by transliteration. The origin of the name Yuanlin can be traced as far back as to Yong Zheng Period of Qing Dynasty. Legend has it that during the reign of Yong Zheng (1723-1735), the area of Yuanlin had been reclaimed by the Han people, the prime pioneer being Shi, Shi-Bang. It, then, was under the jurisdiction of Yan Wu Up and Down Fort. Around the 16th year of the reign of Emperor Qian Long, it had been developed into a town named Yuanlin Zi Street because of its circle shape (its Chinese pronunciation is “yuan”) which was the outcome of the reclamation from all around. It was also widely known as Lin Zi Street because of the flourishing woods that surrounded it ( woods in Chinese is pronounced as “lin”). The range of our local community research is set within Changhua County, centering upon Yuanlin City. The railway related scenic spot in Changhua is connected by the railroads and renders them valuable as railway tourism resources.
Project Description: Taiwan Railways Western Line had been separated into two lines started from south of Zhunan Station and the lines converged at north of Changhua Station. In Changhua Station, there is a train maintenance base and a roundhouse, which is the only roundhouse in Taiwan. In the past, Changhua sugar railways were all around the towns in Changhua. It also supervised the section of passenger transport. Nowadays, however, there are only some parts of the sugar railways that are still functioning. Only Xi Hu Sugar Refinery still carried on, and because the sugar railway to the Refinery is a distance away from the scenic station – Wu Fen Station, the other parts of the railway were abandoned or dismantled. Presently, Yuanlin Station is the first elevated railway track in Changhua County. Besides being an agricultural area, Changhua County is also abundant with railway scenic spot resources; therefore, we decided to focus our research on them so as to take people on a Changhua County railway in-depth journey.