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Kang Chiao International School (Junior High) (2021 CyberFair Project ID 8576)
Taiwan,
N/A - Does Not Apply,
New Taipei City
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 8. Local Music and Art Forms
We estimate 6 student(s) from 13 to 14 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: Taiwan is a beautiful island with ecological diversity and extraordinary artworks. Taiwan is surrounded by sea in the Eastern part of Asia and the Western Pacific Ocean. Located on the boundary between the Eurasian Plate and the Phillippine Sea Plate, Taiwan is extruded by the plates. As known as the “castle in the mountains'', our school pays a lot of attention to students' learnings of the artistic aspects, there are many opportunities for us to learn art in school. For instance, we have a performing art class every week, in which we can choose an art-related subject to learn. Apart from that, we also have in-school clubs and after-school clubs which are related to art, such as instruments and drawing. These classes can draw the inheritance of Taiwanese culture and art. Therefore, we are going to get people to know about our tea culture and teapot culture through this project.
Project Description: Tea is an important part of Chinese culture and daily life. In order to have a cup of delicious tea, a good teapot is needed. In Taiwan, we use Chinese and Japanese teapots, but the tea and the way we use it is different than in Japan or China. One of the best teapot makers in Asia, Nien-chou Chen, starts studying a suitable teapot for Taiwanese because he is a Taiwanese and he’s also a tea lover. He believes a good tea is when the water runs through gold and silver, which makes the water sweater and the quality of the water better, so he tries to develop a teapot made of silver or gold. He then starts thinking about the shape of the teapot, he thinks that one handle teapot suits the best with ergonomics and the leverage makes it easier to use. Lastly, he considers the looks of the teapot, he uses many sites or culture from Taiwan to be the concept of the teapot, and he also uses creativity for the colors, and decorations on the teapot. With expensive materials and beautiful teapots, he sold out one of the most expensive teapots in the world. But the tea culture is disappearing, so we are carrying this Taiwanese culture forward to the whole world.