Qing Fa Wu - The Driving Force of Glove Puppetry Kingdom

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1.Research Project Meets the School's Teaching and Course Criteria

A、Project Theme is Closely Allied to the Below Seven Areas

Language	Strengthen students' abilities to organize and analyze: Make drafts for interviews, note down important details during interviews, and information collected. Strengthen students' listening and expressing ability: Apply the dos and don’ts to real interviews, and clearly articulate the questions. Enhance students' writing ability: Level up writing and organizing skills by composing activity journals.
Society	Understand the culture of Glove Puppetry: Learn and understand the importance of Glove Puppetry’s effect on people in early stage. Take field trips and observe in person: Through face to face interview with the research project figure and relevant cultural workers, students gain hands-on experience outside the classroom. Build up communicating skills: Acquire teamwork experience through discussions and exchange of ideas between members.
Science	Gather information through the Internet, and also make use of various software to edit data and photos. Acquire the ability to use computer software well, to integrate images and words. Work together to finish research project’s brief report, and share research findings.
General Aspects	Practice communicating skills, and enhance the ability to articulate properly. Encourage positive attitudes toward research project activities, enhance students’ sense of responsibility and mutual support spirit.
Art & Humanity	Strengthen students’aesthetic perception by synthesizing the photos and texts. Learn photography skills and composition to level up students’ aesthetic appreciation. By visiting Glove Puppetry relevant exhibition halls, students gain personal aesthetic experience, build up their aesthetic standards.
Health & Physical	Get to know their hometown development all over again and appreciate hometown cuisine by taking part in Glove Puppetry research activity.
Important Issues Computer Science Education	Learn to use internet to extract Glove Puppetry related information in the high-tech era.

B、Research Project Helps Develop Below Ten Basic Abilities

Discover Oneself and Understand One's Potential	In the process of conducting research, students finish their own parts in interviewing related figures, and also learn the importance of teamwork.
Appreciation, Performance and Innovation	From research project activities, students re-interpret Chuanghua Yuanlin Baiguoshan Glove Puppetry's characteristics and cultural value from the first person point of view.
Life Plan and Life-long Learning	Besides acquaintance of relevant academic knowledge from the project, students also learn to think independently, gather and integrate important information, as well as cooperate with other team members. All of the above helps broaden students' view.
Expression, Communication and Share	Through interviewing Mr. Wu and other Glove Puppetry related workers , students learn how to break ice and respond properly without hesitation; their communicating and expressing skills are thus strengthened.
Respect, Care and Teamwork	This project demands various information and data; therefore teamwork is necessary. Students learn how to work with each other, care about each team member and share their findings.
Cultural and Cross Boarder Learning	By interviewing Mr. Wu, students learn that he has been striving to show to the world one of the conventional traditions in Taiwan – Glove Puppetry. They see the efforts Mr. Wu had put to so as to break the confinement of boarder for Glove Puppetry.
Plan, Organize and Practice	Students make research project outline according to the theme, interview and take notes based on the plan. They also take part in Glove Puppetry learning activities. All of the above enhance students’ learning skills positively.
Use Technology and Information	During this project, students use digital libraries and the Internet to gather relevant information, as well as take advantage of digital media to present their findings.
Explore and Study Spontaneously	Team members search relevant information, integrate and analyze it, and then use various knowledge and skills they have learned to solve problems along with good teamwork.
Think Independently and Solve Problems	Information for this project is very enormous and difficult to process at times. Students seek assistance from teachers and parents at proper time, discuss the core of problems together and conclude best solutions.

2.Use Information Technology to Help Finish the Research Project:

Information Technology Used	Method
Online Library	Search relevant documents and learning materials about Glove Puppetry
Field Trips	Visit Mr. Wu's and other related experts' studios or houses and conduct interviews
Scanners	Use scanner to convert photos offered by relevant Glove Puppetry figures and letter of authorization into image files
Computers and Laptops	Transcribe the recordings, surf the internet for information, analyze questionnaire statistics, and make a website for the project research
Projectors	Projectors are used when having group discussions to show relevant information or explain how to use some software
Telephones	Contact interviewees and invite them to have a meeting
Smartphones, iPads, Voice Recorders	Record, photograph and videotape the interviews
Smartphone Cameras	Photograph and videotape during the activities
USB/Online Drive	Save and backup all the data
Software	Office software: Excel、Word、PowerPoint Image integrate software: PhotoCap、Pixlr EDITOR Mind mapping: Xmind Website making: Dreamweaver CC、Visual Studio 2015、jQuery Search engine: Google Chrome 、Firefox、Microsoft Edge Communications: Gmail Online drive: One Drive、Google Drive

3.How Do Local Parties Assist or Involve in the Research Project?

(1)Full support from the school teachers and staff: During the research and interviews, the principal, deans, teachers and parents all assist and guide the students to do interview, photograph, make reports and solve traffic problems without hesitation. Their instant help and encouragement is our biggest drive.

(2)Thanks New Paradise Glove Puppetry Troupe, My Puppets, Yunlin Huwei Puppet Museum, Chuanghua County Yuanlin, History Studio, Chuanghua County Yuanlin City Office and so on for accepting interviews and providing relevant resources, as well as giving the student team precious experience and knowledge.

4.How Does this Project Work as an Ambassador through Social Interaction?

● New Force of Glove Puppetry Inheritance:

From the project’s experience sharing activity, it is noticeable that most of the students are fond of partaking in and learning conventional Glove Puppetry. Also, they are intrigued to explore and discover the rising and development of Glove Puppetry and its culture. Therefore, the trend to inherit and pass on Glove Puppetry culture is developed.

● Vanguard of learning and inheriting Glove Puppetry:

1.Besides having field trips to New Paradise Glove Puppetry Troupe, My Puppets, Yunlin Huwei Puppet Museum and other Glove Puppetry Exhibition Halls, students also creatively making script adaptations of historical stories and perform and give lessons on it to experience in depth and pass on Glove Puppetry. By doing so, students display the fruitful results of their study on Glove Puppetry, and hope to arouse others' passion for it to further promote and pass it on.
2.By taking part in Glove Puppetry operation and performance learning activities and absorbing relevant knowledge in all aspects, the students become the vanguard who knows the best about Chuanghua Yuanlin Baiguoshan Glove Puppetry in the community. Apart from broadcasting relevant news to the classmates, they also wish to pass on and reserve Glove Puppetry culture.

5.Intelligent Property Announcement of the Research Project Website:

All the data and pictures on the website are offered by relevant workers or taken by our research team. The research team has obtained letter of authorization to scan and retake photos. All the cited information is already foot-noted, and every quotation showed has been officially approved. To cite relevant information, please request the consent of the original source. Any citation from the research project website should include source link. Feel free to link this site, but it is recommended to link the main page, should there be any changes of other pages that may cause errors.

6.The Research Project's Influence and Impact on Us:

（1）From Jing-Siou Vanguard's aspect:

　　Through interviewing Qing Fa Wu and several other relevant workers, and through long information gathering, we got to know that there are at least 75 Glove Puppetry Troupe in Chuanghua County. We also learned the origin and development of Glove Puppetry, which were things we did not know. Therefore, we have to work hard to spread and share what we have learned to people from other places, to encourage them to learn Glove Puppetry and let the great culture and spirit of Glove Puppetry keep running.

（2）From the School and Community's Aspect:

　　This research project on Yuanlin Baiguoshan Glove Puppetry not only obtained the school’s full support but also the assistance and resources from communities and other cities. Local residents and Glove Puppetry relevant workers also supported us without hesitation, which brought them and the school closer, and the students too experienced nice Changhua local friendliness.

（3）The People and the Environment:

　With the convenience of the Internet, this research project hopes to let others know and appreciate Mr. Wu's devotion on promoting Glove Puppetry. Also, this project tries to arouse people's attention to Glove Puppetry, and therefore help to pass on and promote Glove Puppetry.

7. Discoveries, Lessons, Surprises:

Discoveries

Recent statistics show that there are at least 75 Glove Puppetry Tropes in Changhua County and they mainly locate in Changhua City, Yuanlin, Xiushui, Tianzhong , Puxin and Puyan.
Yuanlin Baiguoshan is not only a place with beautiful scenery, numerous preserved fruits and well- arranged scenic areas for biking, but it also occupies a prominent position on Glove Puppetry's culture development and international promotion.
Before Qing Fa Wu's persistent devotion, Glove Puppetry's conventional culture had been on its downfall. Thanks to him, the culture of Glove Puppetry is now rooting and spreading to international stages. More and more people now know about Glove Puppetry.

Lessons

Must be fully prepared before interviews. Practice how to ask questions, otherwise it would be hard to conduct an interview on the spot.
Remember to record and videotape during the interview. Note-taking has to be organized, otherwise it would not be easy to recall the points when synthesizing the information.
Finish today's work efficiently. Records for today's interview is best done today, so that there won't be any chance of forgetting details.
Save the same files on different devices and make use of online drive, in case of any surprises.
Keep in mind that frictions between each team member are always there, and things cannot always go as the plan.

Surprises

By his own dint, Qing Fa Wu persistently devoted himself to spread and flourish Glove Puppetry and impressively promoted it in or outside of Taiwan. He had been awarded with prizes many times and received Art Heritage Award, which are remarkable.
We witnessed how Mr. Wu made the mute tradition vivid, proving to us that where there is a will, there is a way.
It was not until we partook in the project did we know that our hometown Yuanlin is fairly important in Glove Puppetry culture development. It aroused our appreciation and identification with Mr. Wu. We hope everyone learns from him his spirit and persistence.