I. Project Description
1. Project URL: http://librarywork.taiwanschoolnet.org/gsh2014/gsh7738/index.htm
2. School website: http://www.ctsjh.chc.edu.tw/default.asp
3. Project completion date: 2013/2/23(Sat.)
4. School: ChangTai Junior High School
5. County: Changhua City, Changhua County
6. Teachers: Hue-fen Cho, Chih-hung Huang, Siao-wei Chen
7. Number of students: 9
8. Ages of students: 13-14
9. E-mail: pho1316@yahoo.com.tw
II. Project Overview
1. Category: Local Specialties, Sports and Health
2. Description of Our Community:
Lukang Township is part of Changhua County, faced westward toward the Taiwan Strait, neighboring with Xiushui Township in the east, Fuxing Township in the south, and Xianxi Township and Hemei Township in the north. Lukang embraces an area of 39.4624 square kilometers, with a population of 85,000 people, which ranked as the 4th of Changhua County.
A pivotal port of the central Taiwan since Qing Dynasty, Lukang had had developed into a bustling city where commerce began to prosper in the first years of the reign of Qianlong Emperor. In 1784, Lukang opened a chartered port specifically did business with the mainland China and thus became a crucial port of the central Taiwan
In 1816, Lukang set up eight commercial institutions, all of which were funded by mainland's wealthy merchants who introduced many merchants into Lukang. On the other hand, many ancestors of Lukang came from Fujian, a province that for long boasts tea plantation and pastries (since the Chinese tend to drink tea with pastries). That explains why Lukang is so renowned for pastry making. After the war, the industry remained competitive. The town had seen its prosperity in old times, and had a saying that "A family would never know about quality cuisine before accumulating wealth for three generations." This manifests the fact that with the expansion of business in Lukang, Lukang people have developed a liking and taste for pastry, and has gradually acquired a high status in this respect.
3. Summary of Our Project:
The Beauty's Eyes (one kind of pastry), a local specialty of Lukang, has been famous far and wide for a century. Added with the government's promotion of local specialties, named as "One Town One Product," traditional industries have seen a revival over the last years. There are three bakeries that make The Beauty's Eyes in Lukang, and two of them, Cheng Yu Chen Bakery and Cheng Hsing Chen Bakery, were founded by a pastry chef, Cheng Chui, who came from the mainland China. One of his offspring decided to found a new bakery. Ever since the Japanese-colonized period, the Beauty's Eyes got numerous awards and started to become very popular with the Japanese people at that time. Till today, the Japanese would not forget to buy the Beauty's Eyes whenever they visited Lukang.
Once upon a time, the pastry industry was faced with a severe crisis under the huge impact of western cakes and sweets. Yet still some bakeries hit a success after transformation in the wake of this western storm. We interviewed these century-old pastry shops with inside information of this industry. We also interviewed the town mayor for his vision for local industry. We hope to disclose the challenge to keep an old industry alive and awaken civilians to the value of such century-old pastries.
Now, the pastry shop has passed to the 4th generation, and is very popular with tourists. Many people came a long way to taste the marvelously sweet pastry. With a name as the "Story of the Beauty's Eyes," our team aims to help people to acknowledge the value of old pastry and appreciate the skills and wisdom from ancestors in making yummy pastries.
4. Our Computer and Internet Access:
(1) Computers provided by the school:
Speed: 1.0 Gdps
Type: LAN (Wired Network)
Number: 40 computers in total; two computer classrooms (equipment room excluded).
(2) Home Network:
Speed: Vary
Type: Dialup connection
Number: roughly 20 computers in total.
5. Problems We Had To Overcome:
6. Our Project Sound Bite:
A successful Cyberfair project requires everybody's full-heart participation. Starting from zero, we moved forward with tiny steps and ultimately completed a very satisfying project. The process is not as simple as reading a book and copying the content word by word. For example, many teachers devoted their summer/ winter vacation to guiding us. Peers tried to make cooperative effort to finish the work. Parents offered any help as they could, while many shops and our school had provided us with hardware and software to complete the project. We all learned a lot from this most valuable experience, and came to realize what contributed to a successful project and how to solve problems. This wonderful experience was so unforgettable to all of us. The Cyberfair project is like a voyage, in which smoothness and turbulence takes turn and all we have to do is to bravely face the challenge. As long as the crew is able to do his/her part and willing to help another out, the project is in all possibilities a success.
III. Project Elements
1. How did your activities and research for this Cyberfair Project support standards, required coursework and curriculum standards?
2. What information tools & technologies did you used to complete your Cyberfair project?
3. In what ways did you act as "ambassadors" and spokespersons for your Cyberfair project both on-line and in person.
We have practiced for many times before actually interviewing with the owners of the pastry shops and the town mayor. We also designed several questionnaires for the students and customers who frequented the pastry shops. Through this Cyberfair project, we introduced Lukang's pastry industry and the background and development of such shops. Our ultimate goal is to promote the culture of pastry in Lukang.
4. What sorts of ideas did we employ in teamwork?
We have come to realize the importance of teamwork when working on the Cyberfair Project. Even though we did encounter problems in interviewing, collecting information, compiling of research reports, or Webpage design, we never thought about quitting. By proactively seeking help from people and other resources, we solved all the problems along the way. What's more, we encouraged one another when problems arose, and developed a stronger friendship. Although some of the team members complained about the difficulty of this project, they still kept on working. We have learned very valuable lessons about the relationship between hard work and a harvest, and are very thankful for organizer to host this competition.
5. What has been the impact of your project on your community?
6. Regulatory compliance: Intellectual property rights
All the content of the Cyberfair project was completed by the team members. Any citations from other websites, publications, or references of photos or images, have been in accordance with the regulations of intellectual property rights. Also, all the pictures shot in the interviews or inside the pastry shops, or the information cited from other magazines or newspapers, had the approval of the shop owners to appear on our Webpage. We have strictly followed the laws of intellectual property rights throughout the project.
IV. Project Contributions
