| Abstract |
Inheriting classical Chinese poetry passed down from The Book of Poetry, folksongs and ballads in the Han Dynasty, and poems in Tang and Song Dynasties, classical Taiwanese poetry continues with the poetic tradition that has been recited and chanted since 2000 years ago. The poets from Taiwan have versified abundant poetry to celebrate magnificent landscapes, cultural heritages, and personal sentiments for this land. Three Hundred Tang Poems compiled in the Qing Dynasty has been used in Taiwan and in Mainland China to introduce children and adolescents to Chinese versification. Nevertheless, Taiwanese children’s familiarity with classical Chinese poetry does not go far from these texts to the actual sight of the landscape. This research will select 500 classical Taiwanese poems to establish a GIS website where to connect each poem with its specific geographic location. Elementary and high school teachers can thus select relevant poems from and about that location so as to bring the poetic descriptions to reality for the learning pupils to be more emotionally and empirically attached to the selected poems. The methods of selection are based on the appropriateness for the learners of different levels as well as the comprehensiveness of locations of Taiwan described in the poetry. The subject matter will include natural landscape and historical sites in Taiwan, regional delicacies, agricultural and aquacultural environments, customs and traditions, and local flora and fauna. The GIS website will include the full text of each poem with complete annotations, the audio files of each poem recorded in Taiwanese dialect, and extended readings of Taiwanese folklore.
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