The old man of the store
This summer, one member of our team,
teacher Hsu, went shopping at a used-book store. The building was
old-fashioned and there was
an old man (Teacher Hsu inferred
that he maybe the store owner) sitting on a chair and fanning a fan
with his eyes half open. Driven by curiosity, teacher Hsu entered
the bookstore. After searching for a while, teacher Hsu couldn’t
find any books that he wanted so he decided to leave. On his way
out, the old man opened his eyes and asked, “Teacher Hsu, what are
you looking for?”
Eyeing teacher Hsu, who was too surprised to
say a word, the store owner said with smile, “I have been expecting you
for a long time.” Meanwhile, the old man took out a wood box and asked
teacher Hsu to open it. After taking over the box, teacher Hsu opened it
following the old man’s instruction. In the box there was a book, on
whose cover the name of the book “The
Legend of the ‘no sky’” was written. Teacher Hsu asked the
old man, “What kind of book is this?” The store owner answered, “This is
a book waiting for you to discover the treasure.” After his words, the
store owner disappeared.
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A book of wonder
After teacher Hsu got
home, he turned to the first page of the book and found that the first
page said, “The hundred-year prosperity destroyed in one day is waiting
for the chance to be revealed again.” The author was signed as residents
of the “no sky” street area. Out of curiosity, teacher Hsu started to
read the old book “The legend of the ‘no sky’”. After clarifying, he
found that the book have
4 main chapters and 18 subtitles.
Then he edited the title and content of every chapter into a diagram.
The content of the diagram is as follows:
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Chapter |
Title |
Subtitle |
Outline |
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One |
Chronicle |
Dawn |
History of Lukang Harbor |
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Peek |
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Twilight |
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Decline |
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Two |
Street |
Harbor |
Something about the
"No Sky" Street
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Development |
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Commerce |
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People |
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Transportation |
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Daily life |
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Three |
Building |
Roof structure |
Characteristics of the buildings
in
the "No Sky" street
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Old house |
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New house |
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Space design |
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Frontispiece |
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Four |
Landmarks |
Bai-Chuan hospital |
Famous
stores in the
"No Sky"
Street
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Yuen-Chan store |
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Yu-Chen Chai |
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The recurrence
After reading “The Legend of the ‘no
sky’”, teacher Hsu deeply feel that the history should never
be ignored and the precious historical materials in the
book, “The Legend of the ‘no sky’”, should never be hidden
but should be published instead. Therefore, he assembled a
team and started the project of the
recurrence to the “no sky”. |
