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Walking into the red building and listening to their
stories
As you walk into the campus of Rixin Primary School,
immediately your attention would be drawn to the red
building at front gate. The century-old red building,
with the beautifully arched double hallways, was built
with red bricks polished by the passing of time.
We wonder for the reason why a senior alumnus would want
to donate tens of millions of NT dollars for renovating
the old building, while the same sum of money could
easily afford two or three brand new air-conditioned
buildings. We are curious of the answers. Thus, leading
by our teacher, we launch a trip for discovering the
secrets behind.
We start from our own school, the red building of Rixin,
to do lots of research and interview. Further, we walk
out of the campus to extend our reach to old buildings
around this neighborhood. Focusing on the theme of
preservation of historical architectures and new lives
of old buildings, we visit the important historical red
buildings in Taipei city, trying to find out more about
them.
At the end of this trip, we get it. We understand the
stories that these old buildings are saying. It is only
by preserving them that we could step closer to them and
to know about the history they are carrying. There
always could be gorgeous brand new buildings being
constructed, but there wouldnˇ¦t be any way to build up
an ˇ§oldˇ¨ building with all the historical memories to
tell.
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