Student Team Members

Time of Cultivating

The famous writer Chin Han once said, "everyone is a farmer, working tirelessly in the field of time". In the past sixty years, Houli's saxophone industrialists have been working hard in the land of the western musical instrument. In the last six months, our team has been making an effort to faithfully record the history of this industry. Even though we all grew up at different points in time, we all converged onto the same space at the same time so that we could have the chance to see the results of last generation's hard work. This is such an exciting experience! The only thing I could do is to keep encouraging myself to safeguard and promote this cultural asset that our forefathers had created!

● Liao Chen-yen

Embracing Hometown's Beauty　

　　If I haven't participated in this research project, I wouldn't have known about this proud saxophone industry in Taiwan. If I haven't visited the place myself, I wouldn't have had the chance to know the humanity-rich Houli. Having participated in the cyberfair, I rediscovered my love for the hometown, as well as learned how to appreciate and cherish the beauty of the hometown. The cyberfair is unquestionably the largest grass-root party in Taiwan!

● Chiang Chun-yi

Discovering Taiwan's Vitality

　　Even though we are unable to change our lives, we could change our point of view on life; even though we are unable to change our environment, we could change our attitude to accept any challenges. Houli's saxophone industrialists represent the resiliency of Taiwan's small businesses. When faced with the low-cost challengers from the developing countries, they use an upbeat attitude, innovative thinking, and improved quality level as their tools for survival, and they have been successful in fending off the competition. We are moved by this embodiment of Taiwan's vitality!

● Ke Guan-chou

　　　　　　　　　　　Metamorphosis

At the moment our project was finally completed, I was feeling the kind of joy that is akin to a caterpillar metamorphoses into a butterfly. Perhaps the days were busy and tense for a caterpillar, but just thinking of the day when the wings will take shape and the ugly caterpillar will turn into a beautiful butterfly is much like thinking of the day when the project will be completed. All the negativity of the entire process will instantly disappear. It is not something that can be accomplished overnight; it is the result of having worked hard all along the way.

● Chao Shu-yuan

Passing Torches

　　From working on this research project, I began to realize how unselfish the Houli people truly are. It is a rare commodity in this materialistic society. Starting from Mr. Lian-Chang Chang as the first generation, they have all been very selfless, which enabled the saxophone industry to take root in Houli, and it made this industry blossom, from generation to generation. They worked as a group, and they did not let this special skill become extinct. It is touching to hear a story of people passing torch onto the next generation, and it could serve as an example for other traditional local-specific industries.

● Chao Shu-han

Wish to Always Have a Dream by the Side

　　Like everything else, life has an expiration date as well. I suggest people to always do what they really want to do as early as possible. If they just keep the dream inside and not do anything about it, then the end result is that they will be missing out on the dream. I have been dreaming of becoming a musician since I was little, and I have been working hard to reach that goal. I know I will fully realize that dream one day. This research project is a perfect match for my dream in terms of main topic and contents. It gave me a major encouragement, reminding me that life if beautiful when there is a dream to live out.

● Lai Shi-lin

Fate and Life As One

　　This is a generation of "forgetting our hometown", because the people who live in the city's concrete jungle have already lost that sense of hometown hospitality. Therefore, we need to know the basic "hometown culture", so we could achieve the ideal of "fate and life as one". Everyone's heart will have an image of a perfect, unforgettable, warm, and sweet hometown. The research project of cyberfair is bringing back my deep affection for the hometown!