Category：Community Groups and Special Populations
Project Description
Huangsi is the old name for Changhua County. The Club of the Nine Huangsi Calligraphic Prodigies (Huangsi Jiu-Guai) was founded in 2010. The name of the club was originated from the old term “the Eight Yangchou Calligraphic Prodigies”, and wish the members all make accomplishment and achievement to be the top in Huangsi as the members of he Eight Yangchou Calligraphic Prodigies did. The name “Jiu-Guai” has the similar sounds as the term “Gao-Guai” in Taiwanese, which does not mean to act silly after drinking. It implies the expectation for the members to demonstrate and perform as something unique.
On-line questionnaire was designed to understand students’ knowledge about the art of calligraphy by taking the students to visit the exhibition of the club members’ art work. Club members were interviewed with questions about how calligraphy has influence their values of lives. Postcards were designed and sold for charity purpose to support the construction of an orphanage built by the Amitofo Care Center (ACC) in Africa. Research members also discovered the benefit calligraphy has for life through the learning activities “Reflecting and Accomplishing”.
On-line questionnaire was designed to understand students’ knowledge about the art of calligraphy by taking the students to visit the exhibition of the club members’ art work. Club members were interviewed with questions about how calligraphy has influence their values of lives. Postcards were designed and sold for charity purpose to support the construction of an orphanage built by the Amitofo Care Center (ACC) in Africa. Research members also discovered the benefit calligraphy has for life through the learning activities “Reflecting and Accomplishing”.
Local Community:
Huangsi means the Changhua County, a old town with great culture, especially the development of the art of calligraphy. Ming Dao University in Changhua County is the first facility to set up a calligraphy department in post graduate study. The members of the Nine Huangsi Calligraphic Prodigies are all from Changhua County, and most of them serve in the education system.
They all actively participate in the teaching of calligraphy, as well as creating new works. The ambition is to induce calligraphy as the new era. The current eleven members are: Hong-Liang Chuang, Hui-Yu Cheng, Zong-Song Chao, Bei-Yuan Chang, Liang-Peng Chuang, Jia-Hua Liu, Chi-Xin Liu, Rong-Sen Huang, Jin-Fa Hsu, Ann Cheng and Ming-Liang Liao.
Jing-Siou Elementary School is a school with near 2000 students, and Principal Rong-Sen Huang was graduated from it. He has served in the school for over twenty years as soon as he graduate from Teachers’ College, and he is one of member in the club of the Nine Huangsi Calligraphic Prodigies.
Not only has he established the calligraphy classroom, planned the curriculum for the third and forth graders, conducted the extra curriculum of calligraphy, he also combined the resources from the club and held activities such as the writing of Spring Festival Couples, exhibition of calligraphic art, calligraphic environmental embellishment, as well as the interflow of calligraphic art with Japan. Under the influence, the students, the teachers and the environment of Jing-Siou Elementary School are filled with the artistic calligraphic atmosphere, because “beauty” is our faith.
They all actively participate in the teaching of calligraphy, as well as creating new works. The ambition is to induce calligraphy as the new era. The current eleven members are: Hong-Liang Chuang, Hui-Yu Cheng, Zong-Song Chao, Bei-Yuan Chang, Liang-Peng Chuang, Jia-Hua Liu, Chi-Xin Liu, Rong-Sen Huang, Jin-Fa Hsu, Ann Cheng and Ming-Liang Liao.
Jing-Siou Elementary School is a school with near 2000 students, and Principal Rong-Sen Huang was graduated from it. He has served in the school for over twenty years as soon as he graduate from Teachers’ College, and he is one of member in the club of the Nine Huangsi Calligraphic Prodigies.
Not only has he established the calligraphy classroom, planned the curriculum for the third and forth graders, conducted the extra curriculum of calligraphy, he also combined the resources from the club and held activities such as the writing of Spring Festival Couples, exhibition of calligraphic art, calligraphic environmental embellishment, as well as the interflow of calligraphic art with Japan. Under the influence, the students, the teachers and the environment of Jing-Siou Elementary School are filled with the artistic calligraphic atmosphere, because “beauty” is our faith.
Computer Science Education
- Use Internet to collect information
- Use email, Power Point, and PrintMagic for mails, presentations, and posters.
- Learn to use camera and photo editing software
- Learn to design online questionnaire and use Excel to analyze the survey result
- Use graphics software to draw self-portraits of NPH
- Use recording pen and camcorder to record interviews
- Learn to create webpages
Problems We Had to Overcome
1. Choosing a category for the contest:
The project studies eleven calligraphers and calligraphy art. We focus on how the association members incorporate the art of calligraphy into public service and life. Therefore, we registered for “Category 2: Community Groups”.
2. Difficulty with High degree of professionalism in the theme:
Calligraphy is an essence of Chinese culture, but it is not an official curriculum of the education system yet. Due to the limited professional knowledge, we collected expansive information from Internet as a remedy.
3. Difficulty interviewing all masters:
Currently, there are eleven members in the association, and all serve in different fields. We overcame the problem with time and completed interviews with each of them, as well as stayed in touch with them via mail.
4. Expensive production cost of postcards:
The cost of making postcard sets is very expensive. Without NPH members’ donations, the activity would not have happened.
5. Big range of respondents for the survey:
In order to understand the status of the calligraphy education in Changhua County and increase the reliability of the survey, we had paper and online surveys for middle school and primary school students in Changhua County
The project studies eleven calligraphers and calligraphy art. We focus on how the association members incorporate the art of calligraphy into public service and life. Therefore, we registered for “Category 2: Community Groups”.
2. Difficulty with High degree of professionalism in the theme:
Calligraphy is an essence of Chinese culture, but it is not an official curriculum of the education system yet. Due to the limited professional knowledge, we collected expansive information from Internet as a remedy.
3. Difficulty interviewing all masters:
Currently, there are eleven members in the association, and all serve in different fields. We overcame the problem with time and completed interviews with each of them, as well as stayed in touch with them via mail.
4. Expensive production cost of postcards:
The cost of making postcard sets is very expensive. Without NPH members’ donations, the activity would not have happened.
5. Big range of respondents for the survey:
In order to understand the status of the calligraphy education in Changhua County and increase the reliability of the survey, we had paper and online surveys for middle school and primary school students in Changhua County
Our Project Sound Bite
To the Japanese, calligraphy is like “an art dancing on paper”, whereas the Taiwanese keep and use the legitimate Chinese characters to write history. Because of the project, Chingsau Elementary School held charity fundraising events selling calligraphic works while promoted calligraphy art. The events touched the hearts of the busy crowd.