News source: Lin Lingxiao/Nantou Report

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Xiulin Elementary School in a rural area of Zhushan Town has excellent academic performance and a reputation that spreads far and wide! Today (27th), the school held the "Bamboo Culture Cross-Field Aesthetics Course" and "Campus Art Festival" activities, attracting two professors from Daugavpils University (Daugavpils University) and the Ministry of Education's Cross-Field Aesthetics Project from the Eastern European country of Latvia. A total of six professors, including Professor Zhuang Minren from the Department of Music of Taichung University of Education, experienced and visited Xiulin Elementary School's "Bamboo Culture Cross-disciplinary Aesthetic Education Course" and visited students' bamboo musical instrument performances and bicycle performances. They were applauded and praised throughout the whole process. Again and again. Wu Meiling, deputy director of the Education Department of the County Government, was accompanied by Hong Suyi, the resident superintendent of schools, to welcome the meeting. Deputy Director Wu highly affirmed Xiulin Elementary School’s achievements in diverse and characteristic teaching. She said, today we can discover the success of Nantou education here, the beauty of Nantou, the goodness of Nantou, and the brilliant achievements of rural education in Nantou. She hopes that through The testimonies of foreign education experts and scholars have also allowed countries around the world to see how much we attach great importance to children's future education.

During the welcome meeting, Wu Meiling, deputy director of the Education Department, delivered a welcome speech and presented souvenirs on behalf of the Nantou County Government. Deputy Director Wu pointed out that Zhushan Town Xiulin Elementary School’s long-term focus on art promotion and cultural education has been recognized internationally. Today, two professors from Eastern Europe and Latvia, led by Professor Zhuang Minren of Taichung University of Education, visited Nantou County. Under the policy vision of the Nantou County Government under the leadership of County Magistrate Xu Shuhua, our school education strives to promote diversified teaching, including curriculum development in the fields of art and culture, science and technology, sports, nature, etc. We also attach great importance to fully integrating into the teaching field.

Deputy Director Wu Meiling said that although most of the schools in Nantou County are small schools with small classes, all our principals are very dedicated and will never give up on any child because of this, and each school develops special curriculum teaching. For example, Xiulin Elementary School won the Elementary School Group Award at the 9th Art Education Contribution Award of the Ministry of Education in 2010. This is something that makes people very proud.

Today I am very happy to have foreign education experts and scholars come to visit Xiulin Elementary School in Nantou County. Here they can discover the success of Nantou education, the performance of teaching, the beauty of Nantou, the goodness of Nantou, and the brilliant achievements of rural education in Nantou. I hope that through their testimony, countries around the world can see Nantou and understand how much we value the next generation and the future education of our children.

Deputy Director Wu Meiling said that today she is also very grateful to Taichung University of Education for its planning assistance, Principal Xiulin Yang and the teaching team for their dedication to education. The County Education Department will be more active in strengthening international exchanges in the future so that our children can learn morally and intellectually. In an excellent educational environment where beauty and education go hand in hand, every child learns happily, grows and thrives, and every child will become the most useful talent in the country and society in the future.

Chen Dongmu, the mayor of Zhushan, pointed out that Zhushan is the hometown of bamboo. Today, Xiulin Elementary School not only integrates bamboo art into daily life, but also makes it into musical instruments, which shows that the field of bamboo culture is so broad. Today we welcome two Eastern European professors to visit. I hope this will be a good start for bamboo art culture, music aesthetics, and can bring our Zhushan bamboo culture to Europe and stand proudly in the world.

Professor Jelena Davidova from Taugpils University in Eastern Europe, Latvia, said in her speech that she was deeply impressed by the performance of the teachers and students of Xiulin Elementary School in Nantou, Taiwan today, especially the enthusiasm for unicycles and the performance of bamboo music by the teachers and students. I appreciate it and think that in this small school, the development and performance of students in all aspects are amazing! It also represents the importance that the county government attaches to education!

Professor Jelena Davidova also thanked Professor Zhuang Minren of Taichung University of Education for his introduction. She had the opportunity to visit Taiwan and found that Taiwan is a very beautiful place with beautiful scenery, fresh air, and a good living environment.

Professor Zhuang Minren of Taichung University of Education said that Xiulin Elementary School attaches great importance to students’ art education, especially focusing on local bamboo culture. This is the precious and proud Zhushan culture of Nantou County, which is also Taiwan’s bamboo culture. Xiulin further made bamboo musical instruments, and the school also guided the children through music ensembles, which became a very distinctive course. Therefore, Xiulin's local culture can become an international culture. This is the light of Nantou and Taiwan. The light of China is the light of the world.

Principal Yang Qingfeng of Xiulin Elementary School explained that although the school is located in a rural area and has relatively scarce resources, it has actively applied for relevant projects to make up for the lack of the school's natural resources and to expand students' aesthetic guidance and curatorial horizons. , not only enriches the school's aesthetic courses, but also deepens and broadens students' learning horizons, and has successfully attracted many students and parents to study across districts.

Principal Yang Qingfeng said that in recent years, the school has applied for the Ministry of Education’s cross-disciplinary aesthetic teaching and the Cultural Affairs Bureau’s art education rooting projects. With the active assistance of the County Government’s Education Department, the school has combined school-based special courses and local culture to develop bamboo culture, bamboo music, and wisdom. Successful in special courses such as high school and unicycle. In the 108 and 109 school years, we won the Cross-Domain Aesthetic Sail Award and Excellence Award of the Ministry of Education respectively. In 110 years, we also won the Elementary School Group Award of the 9th Art Education Contribution Award of the Ministry of Education. On the day of the award ceremony, the school’s Bamboo Band also served as the school’s first performance. It was wonderful. The opening performance was well received by the Deputy Minister of Education and the guests present.

Principal Yang emphasized that applying for the "Cross-field Aesthetic Education" special course at Xiulin Elementary School is just like the school's vision of "seeing the progress of every child" and not giving up on every student. Children studying in Xiulin, Each student has his or her own musical instrument and unicycle. The school is looking forward to the progress of each student. As long as the student works hard enough, each student will have the opportunity to represent the students in the competition and will also have their own performance stage. This goal is what all teachers colleagues have been working towards.

Xiulin Elementary School arranged a series of activities today to welcome distinguished guests: the students performed a unique unicycle performance that combined music and fancy performances across fields, and the Bamboo Orchestra, which just won the top prize in percussion ensemble in the finals of the National Music Competition, welcomed the distinguished guests from afar. them. In addition, the school also arranged for six children to personally make bamboo cards full of local characteristics and culture to present to these guests. Among the bamboo instruments of Xiulin Elementary School, such as small bamboo harps, rain tubes, bamboo pan flutes, etc., the school also arranged bamboo art courses by The students made their own musical instruments. Therefore, professors were also arranged to experience the bamboo art culture course - the making of bamboo wind chimes with all senior students. They also had school lunch with the students at noon so that the foreign professors could better understand the campus life of Taiwanese students.

Liu Yuhu, section chief of the Art Section of the County Cultural Bureau, and Hong Suyi, the resident superintendent of the Education Department, also attended the meeting in person. They highly recognized the excellent teaching team led by Principal Yang of Xiulin Elementary School, who are committed to the development of multi-curriculum education and the promotion of dedicated art education. They have spared no effort and demonstrated their performance. Teach people to admire.