The Legend of Taiwan Cypress Straw Hat in Lukang

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We are sixth grade students from Ludong Elementary School. We will participate in CyberFair 2025 with the theme of "Taiwan Cypress Straw Hat in Lukang". We hope to understand everyone’s understanding of the “Taiwan Cypress Straw Hat in Lukang” through the questionnaire. The answer to the question is not right or wrong Please feel free to answer this question.
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Cypress Straw Hat is a cypress hat made of paper-thin Cypress Straw. The Cypress Straw craft industry was once flourishing in Lukang Township, Changhua County. Annual production exceeds one million hats. At that time, almost every household in Lukang, young and old, knew this skill, and it became a family sideline. (Excerpt from the National Cultural Memory Bank)

(     )1. Do you know the "Lukang Cypress Straw Hat"? (1) Yes (2) No

(     )2. Did you know that men began to wear suits and top hats on formal occasions during the Japanese colonial period? (Men stopped braiding their hair and women stopped binding their feet) (1) Yes (2) No

(     )3. When did Lukang produce one million Cypress Straw Hats per year? (1) Qing Dynasty (2) Japanese rule (3) Republic of China

(     )4. Most of the hat-making work falls on the shoulders of women who are skilled in weaving. During the Japanese rule, the income from weaving straw hats by women was enough to support a family. What concept did this subvert? (1) Sons are favored over daughters (2) Men should be strong (3) I don’t know

(     )5. What kind of wood was used to make the Lukang Cypress Straw Hat so popular? (1) Cypress (2) Camphor (3) I don’t know

(     )6. When the woodworking craftsmanship of Lukang flourished, the remaining wood was plane into filamentous and then used to weave hats. What kind of behavior is this? (1) cherish things and make the best use of them (2) waste (3) I don’t know

(     )7. The disappearance of the Lukang Cypress Straw Hat craft, possible reasons are (1) no cypress wood available (2) no one knows how to make it (3) I don’t know

(     )8. If you have the opportunity to make a Cypress Straw Hat yourself, what do you think is the most difficult part? (1) Raw materials (2) spinning wire (3) Weaving technology (4) Lost technology

(     )9. CAI, YAN-YU teacher is a weaving craftsman currently stationed at No. 27, Osmanthus Alley Artist Village, Lukang. If you have a chance, would you like to go and see the Cypress Straw Hat on display there? (1) Yes (2) No (3) I don’t know

(     )10.Fuxing Township Qiaotou Community Activity Center promotes the Sian zai cai jhih dao activity. What do you think? (1) Very meaningful, inheriting local characteristics (2) Combining the cohesion of community members (3) It costs a lot of money, which is not easy

(     )11. After listening to our introduction, do you like Cypress Straw Hat? (1) Like (2) Dislike (3) I don’t know

(     )12. What do you think the Lukang Cypress Straw Hat represents? (You can choose three)? (1) Traditional handicraft (2) Early family sideline (3) Unique feature in Taiwan (4) Spinning wire professional technology (5) Fashionable production place during the Japanese colonial era (6) Representative of Lukang tradition