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CyberFair Entry Category: Local Attractions
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Description of "Our Community":
The tribe of Sinmei (Niahosa) lies in the south of Alishan
National Scenic Area, Chiayi
County. It is about 500m
above the sea level and is also the water resource protection region of Zeng Wen Reservoir
upstream. The tribe amidst the valleys has picturesque scenery and honest people.
Sinmei is one of Tsou’s last tribes. The people there are all Tsou’s
aboriginals. Sin Mei Elementary School
is a typical school for the aboriginals. Walk along Alishan Road (Route 18) from Chiayi City,
turn right at 36.5km mark (Longmei), pass through an avenue of 20 km, and you
will find Sinmei. The statue of our warriors will welcome you at the crossroads.
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The Beautiful Tribe of Sinmei
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Summary of Our Project:
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Poetic Bamboo Trees
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Sinmei is one of Tsou’s tribes with very simple aboriginals. It is still
unknown to people though located in the famous Alishan. So under the Cyberfair Project we expect to introduce to the world sinmei’s
beauty and characteristics from the three aspects of historical remains, scenic
spots and industrial cultures. We can also lead the students to take an
investigation and make them value even more the precious resources.
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Our Computer and Internet Access:
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Sorting Out Data of Interviews
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This is a rather small school in a remote mountainous area and it has
only one computer room with 14 computers for students. However, in each
classroom there is one used computer from National Chung
Cheng University for Internet access and simple word processing. There are 6 more computers for
office work. These computers share resources by LAN and are connected with Chiayi County
Computer Center
and TaNet by ADSL. After regular group meetings the group members have to do
such work as data editing, typing, web editing or report transmitting with the
school computers after school or on holidays because they themselves have no
computers.
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Problems We Had To Overcome:
The tribe of Takopueanu has no written language and there only remain
the oral accounts of Tsou’s elders and a few literatures on record. So we have
to look for the mango tree of one century and other remains by exploring
ourselves and visiting elders in order to waken up this ancient tribe step by
step. This was what we had
never experienced before. We cut paths through forests and grasses. We overcame
adverse circumstances to search and distinguish zaxes and potsherds. We invited
teachers to teach us how to carry out interviews, sort out data and take notes.
This made us abandon timidity and helped to improve our communicative and
cooperative abilities. We had never felt afraid of computers by using rulers,
recorders, computers, and editing webs. The elders interviewed all spoke their
native language of Tsou while knew little about standard Chinese. But
fortunately we could carry out the interviews smoothly, got to know some elders
and learned much native language with the help of Mr. Wang, the chairman of the
community, who served as our interpreter. Our gains really outweighed the loss
of some spare time.
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Sorting Out Data of Interviews
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Our Project Sound Bite:
From this research I can have a deep understanding about the rise and
fall of Takopueanu. The people and the events there make me
feel even more attached to this soil and I also expect to leave something for
the future generations. I also realize that these activities provide me with
many opportunities to grasp many skills, know more people and learn much extracurricular
knowledge.
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