Q1: Which part of Rixin Primary School was your favorite? (Li-hsuan)
 A1: At the front gate of Rixin primary School, you could see a balcony in front of
      the brick-built red building. That was my favorite when I studied at Rixin. I
      thought at that time, that was the most beautiful architecture in Taipei, very
      clean and neat.
 

 Q2: From your point of view, what was the difference between the Rixin
        right now and the Rixin of your childhood? (Yi-Wen)
 A2: Apart from the red building, other architectures at Rixin right now are quite
      unfamiliar to me. We didn’t have that many students, the forth-floor
      buildings and the auditorium.
　

 Q3: Does the red building carry any special memory to you? (Pei- Yu)
 A3: When I was studying at Rixin, there wasn’t any red brick-built building
       around this neighborhood. Rixin was the only place with red buildings around
       here, so I thought they were extremely beautiful.
 

 Q4: What and who were the most impressive event and people to you when
       you were at Rixin? (Zong-Jun)
 A4: I had great memories with our kind principal Mr. Huo-Long Jiang. And also my
      teacher of fifth and sixth grade, Mr. Tian- Shun Cai, who was extremely sever
      and strict to us because he hoped to urge us to pass exams for junior high
      school. However, the most impressive event was an accident happened in my
      fourth or fifth grade when I was playing with recreation facilities at school
      and seriously injured. That reminded me that it was good to have a good
      time at school, but safety was the always the most important thing to bear in
      mind.
　

 Q5: Why would you participate the renovation of red building at Rixin?
        (Pin- Fan)
 A5: When people are getting aged, they would want to do things that are
       meaningful. I am 62 years old now. I have started to ask my self what I
       could do to make this world and life better since I reached 60 years old. I do
       believe everyone should do some remarkable things in his/her life. I have
       always wanted to do something and make contribution for this old
       neighborhood of my childhood. During the occasion of visiting the present
       principal, when he mentioned the preservation of this century-old red
       building, I had no doubt that I had to be part of the plan, to preserve and
       renovate the red building to become the old one that has long lived in my
       memory.

 Q6: Why would you prefer choosing to spend more money on renovating the
        old building, rather than building up a new one? (Pei-Ci)
 A6: The outdated point of view was to tear down old buildings and build new
       ones, for new ones being more efficient and cheap with all the brand new
       equipments. But if you tear down the old ones, they are gone forever, and
       there is no way to bring them back. The principal has told me that in Taipei
       there are five century-old primary schools, but none of them preserves any
       century-old building. I think this is now something I can do to preserve this
       red building now for later generations. I believe someday when you all get
       old, you will want to bring your children back to this primary school and show
       your kids these old buildings. Till then, you will know that I am right to
       preserve them. I hope the foreign tourists could also have the chance to see
       the old buildings belonging to Taiwanese history, rather than just to visit
       101 building, Palace Museum and Shilin Night Market. I hope to see Rixin
       become a school that all the graduated students would want to come back
       and visit.

 Q7: What are the most difficult things encountered during the planning and
       actual renovation? (Pei- Yu)
 A7: Because there was no blueprint of this building left, we need to do
       everything from scratch trying to find out what was the original design and
       how to rebuild it. After all these years, there have been many extra
       facilities, wires and plumbing added to the building itself. We need to figure
       out ways to hide these wires inside the walls and fix the roofs while
       preserving the original appearance of the building. Although we encounter
       many difficulties and the budget triples to sixty millions, I believe we need
       to make it right and to it without any hesitation.
 

 Q11: We heard that the old building of Tsai Ho Yuan is also under renovation.
          Why would you want to renovate the old building? What is the main goal
          of this renovation? (Li-hsuan)
 A11: I took an old photo of this old building to the Department of Cultural Affairs
        of Taipei City Government for the application of renovating this building.
        They permitted it immediately because they regarded this building as a
        typical architecture of the post-Japanese colonial period after World War II.
        During that time, this building was the third highest building in Taipei.
        Renovating this building is three or four times more costly than constructing
        a new one. But my memories of living here with my parents and seven other
        siblings are incomparable and more precious than new building. So I have to
        keep it. It really takes great efforts to renovate it.