Anding District’s 2016 Summer Vacation Overnight Library Event, which was well-received, wrapped up on August 14.
This year marks the third year the annual Nighttime Library Event was held. In the past, the event was limited to the library’s interior, but this year’s program stepped outside, taking students to explore the history of Anding’s Bao’an Temple and view the temple’s notable architectural features. Courses held inside the library were based on the theme “Happily Reading About Anding”, which focused on Anding District’s history. Students in addition to Anding’s very own eminent entrepreneurs Wang Gao-rong, chairperson of Soapberry, as well as Wang Wan-yu and Cai Meng-ying, both celebrated alumni of Anding Junior High School, shared their insight on entrepreneurship, marketing, and life planning. Also present at the event was local Anding paper clay artist Wang Su-lan, who led a class that taught students how to forget limits while they creatively molded and sculpted paper clay into cakes that resembled Anding’s three treasures: sesame, asparagus, and soapberries.
After having dinner, there was a game with different challenges that involved utilizing library collections and resources. Anding District Chief Liu Shih-Hsiung chatted with the attendees, hoping that the “smell of books” would take them to lands where dreams are made. On the second day, Anding District’s strong culture and rich history served as the foundation for the theme “Marketing Anding”. Students then made presentations where they offered feedback on what they learned and shared their own thoughts. In the end, the group of judges scored performances and determined the award-winning groups for Best Team Spirit, Exceptional Creativity, and Model Citizens. These groups also received colored glass commemorative medals featuring Anding’s three crop treasures, which were handed out by District Chief Liu and made specifically for this event.
At the end of the event, District Chief Liu used the wooden bucket theory (Cannikin Law) to encourage students to always seek to improve their own abilities, learn about teamwork, and prepare the best they can now so that they’ll be prepared to shine when their moment comes in the future. When the two-day, one-night event came to a close, the environment was touching as students gave heartfelt goodbyes before leaving.