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[Jilai Hunter School 1][Love of the Shuilian Tribe][Principal Farah and Teacher Banai][The origin of Ji Lai Hunter School][Like the call of Teacher Banai’s heart in the song of a young tree]【East Coast Shuilian】
[Jilai Hunter School]There are many and wonderful ethnic groups on the east coast, and the largest among them is the Pangcah/Amis
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Pangcah/Amis people are born with good singing voices and spectacular and ever-changing dances, which can be divided into group dances and solo dances.
The important festivals of Pangcah/Amis, in addition to joyfully celebrating the harvest every summer, also pray for the blessings of the sea god and river god. Most of the tribes in the Xiuguluan River Basin maintain river festivals, while the northern Hualien and Huadong coast maintain sea festivals.
Not far from Hualien City on the east coast, there is a place where mountains, seas and streams meet. This is Shuilian, beautiful Shuilian.
There is a quiet village 24 kilometers away from Provincial Highway 11 in Hualien. The Ami people call it “Ciwidiyan”, which means “a place with many leeches”. In the past, because the water quality here was pure and there was no harm from pesticides, the rice fields were full of leeches. ;
The Dutch discovered this place in the 17th century and gave it the name “Sibilian”, which means “beautiful village”. It was not until the liberation of Taiwan that they called it “Shuilian” with its homophonic pronunciation.
If you want to learn more about the history and culture of the Ami tribe in Guandong and the coast, you must not miss the Shuilian tribe.
I remember that when I was traveling south from the east coast, I would often pass by Shuilian in a hurry.
Shuilian is a tribe located in the northern mountainous area of Shoufeng Township, Hualien County. It is famous for its beautiful landscape and unique culture.
In the Shuilian tribe, there is the Jilai Hunter School, where you can gain an in-depth understanding of the tribal culture.
The original intention of the Hunter School was to preserve and pass on the traditions and spirit of the tribe, to provide job opportunities for the young people of the tribe, and to provide a place where one can gain an in-depth understanding of the Shuilian tribe.
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[The origin of Ji Lai Hunter School][Principal Farah and Teacher Banai][The most beautiful call in the tribal forest][Song of Shuilian Tribe’s Younger Decimal Number]The two founders of Jilai Hunter School are Principal Farah and Teacher Banai.
I met Teacher Banai by chance;
In April, I took my children to participate in the East Coast Shuilian Tribe Splash Crab and got to know Teacher Banai;
The children like Teacher Banai very much. I am very grateful to Teacher Banai for taking care of the children.
Panay is the traditional name of the Ami people;
Teacher Banai’s name comes from the Amis language, which means glutinous rice/ear of rice; it also means hard work, wisdom, and beauty.
The more abundant the rice is, the more it will droop, which means that the more you have, the more humble you must be and don’t be proud.
The meaning of this name is very consistent with Teacher Banai.
Teacher Banai communicates with children very lovingly
In reality, Banai teacher of the Shuilian tribe also has strong strength and wisdom, can live in harmony with nature, and helps other Amis tribes build their homes; what is special is that he has the talent to communicate with nature.
Another founder of Hualien Jilai Hunter School
Principal Chen Julin of Farah; Farah Ami means to throw away and abandon.
Principal Farah was young and frail, and the elders wanted to give him this name so that he could get rid of the bad things and his health would be better.
After growing up, the principal rediscovered his soul through many outdoor activities!
Principal Chen Julin of Farah was previously a rescue worker and first worked and trained at Hualien Ocean Park. He has high self-demanding characteristics.
The principal is versatile and knows many leisure activities:
Water sports, diving instructors, river tracing, knotting and mountain rescue water activities are all not a problem for the principal.
Later, during a mountain disaster rescue activity, Principal Farah discovered that the Pangcah/Amis elders only needed to pack lightly and collect materials from the local area.
When I saw that light equipment can save people in disaster, I was shocked to my heart. Why can light equipment be used to complete rescue work?
Principal Farah will mention this matter to Teacher Banai from time to time.
Currently Principal Farah wants to retrieve Pangcah/Amis’s identity,
Don’t just have the appearance of Pangcah/Amis without the soul of Pangcah/Amis and be unfamiliar with the native language. Therefore, the idea of preserving traditional Pangcah/Amis traditional culture arose. So Principal Farah founded the Jilai Hunter School!
Principal Farah himself is versatile. After taking advantage of many outdoor activities, he took inventory of tribal resources and organized a number of activities such as snorkeling, mountain climbing, cycling, boat fishing, and hunter experience to integrate into the Lai Hunter School.
Jilai comes from the native pronunciation CIDAL of the Amis people. This word not only means the sun, but also symbolizes mother in the matrilineal society of the Amis people.
Therefore, Jilai Hunter School is not only full of enthusiasm and vitality, but also hopes that it can protect the land and take care of the people in the tribe just like a mother protects her children.
After time passes, Banai teacher Chen Huihui and Farah principal Chen Julin got married. The teacher has always been the full support behind her husband, Farah principal;
The establishment of Ji Lai Hunter School has been a matter of intense debate in Banai’s heart for nearly half a year.
Because she knew that if she fully assisted Principal Farah, she would switch from an air-conditioned room to sunbathing, and from working in high heels for more than ten years to wearing rain boots.
Assisting Principal Farah to establish Jilai Hunter School is both hard work and joy,
Principal Infala requires professionalism, touching service, and self-improvement in place,
First take stock of what you know and what your team knows, and think comprehensively,
Because only in this way can you act and use your sword efficiently.
It perfectly explains that everything will be established if it is not hesitated, and it will be ruined if it is not hesitated.
After establishing Jilai Hunter School, Teacher Banai struggled with inner transformation;
I was originally engaged in the beauty and body care and physical and mental healing industries,
I initially worked in Hualien City, and later moved to Taipei City to work. I was loved by store owners and bosses because I was serious, responsible and dedicated to my work.
She studied in the night department of high school and worked as an apprentice in a beauty cram school during the day, where she was highly required to be technical by her teachers.
The beauty teacher is really the noble person in Banai’s life,
The beauty teacher offers beauty and bodybuilding tutorials and teaches body painting,
The teacher later introduced Banai to work in Taipei City,
One person can achieve a monthly performance of about 500,000 yuan, but because he was not used to getting along with his colleagues and did not adapt to Taipei, he returned to Hualien City.
With 17 years of experience in cosmetology, Teacher Banai is always grateful. Because she is employed, she will be grateful to her boss, she will find ways to make money for her boss, she will be considerate of others, and she will work hard without complaining.
I even worked in a Hualien beauty industry before and recommended that a colleague who wanted to be a store manager be the store manager.
Teacher Banai teaches children archery
When I was working in my own store in Hualien, I really wanted to take care of the Pangcah/Amis people.
After that, Principal Yin Farah established the Ji Lai Hunter School. Although he believed that after marriage, the husband would take care of the wife, but Teacher Banai was hesitant because he knew that it would be very hard to choose the path of preserving Pangcah/Amis culture and taking care of the people.
Because this is the job of converting high heels into rain boots.
In the past six months, I have often cried secretly, and I will encourage myself to be a hunter!
Looking for Spray Crabs on Shuilian Beach
Later, Karma had the opportunity to return to her hometown Shuilian. Her hometown was actually a paradise on earth, the world she had always wanted;
And Shui Lian is naturally Teacher Banai’s best friend,
The spray crab was finally returned to the beach
Like the song of a young tree,
Open your heart and you can get close to the pulse of nature,
Unlock the superpower of communicating with nature all the time!
Crown from nature
At that time, I returned to Shuilian in 1996,
Participating in the tribal sports meeting at Shuilian Elementary School, Teacher Banai saw that only the elderly and children were left, and she felt a lot of emotion at the moment!
Where should the young people from the tribe go? Young people leaving the tribe
I want to get them back, so I hope that I can protect this land and take care of the people in the tribe just like a mother protects her children.
So one day, Banai returned to the mountain settlement of Shuilian and found herself beside a beautiful stream. This was once the home of her grandmother, 12 Fenkeng (Sayang). These names are like symbols of the past. A strong feeling arose in her heart. She felt the sacred mountain in her heart, and felt the call of the mountain god, ancestral spirit, and wind god.
At that moment, she deeply felt the existence of the sacred mountain in her heart,
The calls of mountain gods, ancestral spirits, and wind gods seem to float in the valley,
Meandering around her.
At this special moment, they shouted to her in unison, “Welcome home” and “You are finally back.”
At this time, Banai knew that the mountain gods, ancestral spirits, and wind gods were all waiting for me;
Banai also kept replying “I’m sorry” and “I’m sorry for coming back late” in her heart.
As a result, Teacher Banai’s heart was aroused with strong emotions,
She understood that the mountain gods, ancestral spirits, and wind gods under the tribe were waiting for her.
At this time, she expressed regret for this land, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry for coming back late.”
In an instant, Teacher Banai’s heart was filled with love and gratitude,
She understood the special meaning of this land to her heart,
I also have a deeper understanding of my own life.
Beautiful things need to be felt with the “heart”. When the “heart” is dusted by desire, there will be no beauty left in the world, only an insensitive body, no more than a “living dead”; Teacher Banai’s beautiful interpretation of “feeling nature with your heart” of beauty.
Like the words of “The Song of the Young Tree”:
You light up people’s eyes,
There is eternal light in your life,
You have left a graceful figure on the earth.
You bring us hope,
You think young and eagerly like us,
In this land, you chase your own path,
The perception of nature is like a muscle in our body. The more you use it, the stronger it becomes.
The only way to train your spiritual mind is to use it to understand the inner nature of things.
But you must first break free from greed and other shackles of the body and mind. In this way, when the inner mind begins to sprout, and the more often you try to understand others, the stronger your spiritual soul will be.
It is like quiet Nirvana, entering into a true Dharma realm because of no self.
Another example: “Good birds are friends on the branches, and flowers are articles on the water.” As long as you have a warm and curious heart, you can feel the things around you keenly.
When you can calm down and appreciate the things around you, you will discover the beauty of the world, and you will be able to forgive others for their unintentional mistakes with tolerance and understanding, so that your heart will be filled with joy.
The best things will happen to you in the days to come!
Later, he returned to the Shuilian Tribe and supported his husband in establishing the Jilai Hunter School.
The beautiful Shuilian tribe
Before the school was established, I didn’t attach much importance to the elderly’s knowledge of mountains and forests and cultural preservation.
Later, in order to establish the Jilai Hunter School, we began to pay attention to the preservation of the cultural traditions of the elderly and their knowledge of mountain forest technology.
Because this is the inheritance of cultural treasures.
Banai’s father is very skilled in slingshots,
When cultural inheritance is enabled,
After actual implementation, I also found that the key is not whether one’s skills are good or not,
It’s about whether the concept is correct.
This is the same as Jin Yong’s martial arts,
The first discussion is about character and heart,
The second talent coincides with martial arts.
Indoor display of Jilai Hunter School
Later, he started to start a business. The business of Jilai Hunter School was divided into four stages.
(1) In the beginning, as long as two people do it, they will make money
(2) Invite the elders of the tribe to participate. This is divided into inviting the elders and learning from the elders.
Later I learned that the elderly need to have a sense of security and a fixed income. Only then did I realize that the Ji Lai Hunter School needs to establish an association in order to have a way to operate.
When an association is set up to fight for resources from the government,
This is also the beginning of Teacher Banai’s hard work;
In addition to handling the administrative affairs of Jilai Hunter School,
There are also activities, administration, taking care of children and responding to guests
, and sometimes even went to Nanbin to set up a street stall selling miscanthus and drinks at night. Later, due to various reasons, I couldn’t be there, so I stopped setting up a stall.
With hard work, Ji Lai Hunter School’s performance is also booming,
Principal Farah deserves a lot of credit because he has many ideas and strategies; of course, Teacher Banai also has his dedication.
Gradually, Teacher Banai’s own mentality turned positive,
You will be able to confidently say that you are a hunter and be proud of being a hunter
Unlike many people in the early days who thought hunters were ecological killers.
From 1999 to 102, Ji Lai Hunter School mostly cooperated with Farglory Yuelai Hotel,
Since 103, we have started to cooperate with travel agencies,
And when applying for employment subsidies, you must have the main purpose in mind
(1) Inherit culture
(2) Drive the economy
(3) Creating jobs
(4) Young people return to their hometowns to operate sustainably
The couple decided to establish the Hualien County Ecological, Cultural, Leisure and Creative Industry Sustainable Development Association,
After being introduced by a friend, I applied for the “Diversified Employment Development Program” of the Workforce Development Agency, because this way I can take care of more ethnic groups, old and young.
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The beautiful Shuilian Elementary School overlooking Beauty Mountain
Like the song of a young tree
“You light up people’s eyes,
There is eternal light in your life,
You have left a graceful figure on the earth.
You bring us hope,
You think young and eagerly like us,
In this land, you chase your own path,
The best things will happen to you in the days to come! ”
The beautiful Shuilian tribe overlooks the archery range of Jilai Hunter School
Song of the young tree:
“When you discover something beautiful, the first thing to do is to share it with anyone you meet. Only in this way can beautiful things spread freely in the world.”
In this land, you chase your own path,
The best things will happen to you in the days to come!
Principal Farah and Teacher Banai used the Jilai Hunter School to share the beautiful things of the Shuilian tribe on the east coast!
The beautiful stream in Shuilian tribe
【East Coast Shuilianyi】To be continued!