Lecture｜Beitou Society and Datun Mountain: Footprints of Mountain Activities of Various Ethnic Groups
Teacher Chen Zhihao started from the theme of “Beitou Society and Datun Mountain: The footprints of various ethnic groups in mountainous areas” and focused on “Datun Mountain and Beitou Society: Various ethnic groups and the landscape of Datun Mountain”. The content covered the exploration of “Datun Mountain” The origin of the name “tun”?
What was the relationship between people and the environment at that time?
How did these names appear?
Who named it? What happened next?
In addition, the location referred to by “Datun Mountain” in the mid-18th century may be different from what we imagine today?
Beitou Club, is it this Beitou Club or that Beitou Club, is it inside or outside?
The teacher led us to take a time machine and go back to the past, focusing on the “Datun Mountain” in history, and sharing the research methods and perspectives of “historians”.
How can we imagine Datun Mountain and Beitou Society?
Teacher Zhihao leads the audience to travel back to time and space where there are traces to follow. Using the relative spatial positions on the map as a reference point, we revisit the possible lives of different ethnic groups in northern Taiwan and speculate on the naming process at that time. Datun Mountain (or Dayun Mountain) is speculated to have originated from the time when the Qing Dynasty began to govern Taiwan, echoing the imagination of the imperial territory at that time being surrounded by mountains. Teacher Zhihao’s lecture provides an opportunity for us to “rethink history.” We look forward to more activities with in-depth content sprouting and growing throughout Taiwan.
