Thematic Production and Reference Bibliography

Interesting details behind the project

We also experience many interesting things during the project.

Experiencing the taste of gold foil


When we watched Master A-fa and his wife lay gold foil, Master A-fa said that the material is the pure gold foil that some cake shops advertise as edible and gave us a piece of gold foil to taste. At that time, the bold Hsuan-yu immediately put the “expensive” gold foil into her mouth and tasted the gold foil. Therefore, she was called the “Princess Gold Foil” by the Public Television Service (PTS) Miss Ally.

Wife and daughter-in-law


Master A-fa said that once a customer from Mainland China was talking about business with him, and his daughter-in-law was helping him aside. Master A-fa introduced her to the customer from Mainland China, “This is my xi fu (daughter-in-law).” The customer was shocked and praised, “Your xi fu (wife) is so young.” Master A-fa was confused. Later, he found out that the word “xi fu” in Mainland China means “wife,” which is different from the usage in Taiwan. What a misunderstanding!


Poster of “Good Morning Picture”


When making posters for the class tour, the teacher kept reminding us that this was just a poster, not a painting competition. However, each team of us was more exaggerated than the other. Even though time was quite limited, we couldn’t restrain ourselves and started to use simple painting tools to show off our painting skills. One team even drew a lotus flower with gradients, and they joked that this inspiration came from the “good morning picture” commonly used by the elders. When everyone took a look at the poster, it indeed conveyed extraordinary artistic conception and is very suitable for promotion to the elders!

Home

Narrative

My school


The Miraculous Master A-fa 

Statue Sprucing Craftsmanship

Craftsman Master A-fa

An Interview with Master A-fa

Statue Sprucing mandala

 

Years as an Apprentice 

A Childhood Immersed in Craftsmanship

Apprenticeship to Learn the Craft

The Early Stages of Learning

Sticking to Studies

Life of Apprenticeship

Becoming a Master After Seven Years of Apprenticeship

Creating His Own Way

Chronology of Master A-fa 



Entrepreneurship and Innovation 

Settled in Changhua

Difficulties and Challenges in Starting a Business

Growth against the Trend

Becoming Famous Far and Wide

The Crisis of Inheritance

Devotion to Inheritance

Commitment to Inheritance and Promotion

Taking Root

 

Statue Sprucing Craftsmanship 

Origin

Techniques

Materials

Restoration of Statues

The posture and facial expression of the statue

Cleaning up

Taboos of statue sprucing 

Master A-fa statue sprucing Video

 

 

Public Television 

Preparations before the Interview

Go to Nanyao Temple for on-site video shooting

A Visit to Master A-fa’s Buddhist paraphernalia shop

First encounter with gold

Lacquer thread carving experience

Public Television

 

Interviews and tours 

The interview with Mr. Tsai

Sweetness and bitterness experienced in statue sprucing

Class tour for promotion

Questionnaire statistical analysis

Lacquer thread game

Carving game

Comic Little Theater


Thematic Production and Reference Bibliography

Production process experience

Interesting details behind the project

Contribution and gain

Curriculum Integration

References and news links

Quiz