| dc.description.abstract | The impact of the globalization in recent years has caused the gradual marginalization and risks of the local traditional cultures. Taiwan had amended its Cultural Property Preservation Act in 2005, in the hope of preserving cultural properties and traditional living clusters and recovering community economy through community reconstruction. Traditional living clusters represent the footprint of history and local unique cultural assets. Thus, through the participation of local people to undertake the reconstruction of the community, the unique industries and cultures are restored, the original historical landscapes, the eco-resources and the local customs are all integrated, so the historical community is once again revitalized.
This study aims at Wugoshwei community of Wan Luan Township, Ping Dong County, a Hakka Community in Taiwan which has been well preserved. The focus is to study possibility of the preservation of its Hakka living cluster and the development of its eco-tourism. Wogoshwei was designated as the “Traditional Hakka Cluster” in 2008 by the government in accordance with Cultural Property Preservation Act, the first community that is granted with this title and to be preserved by the government. The community was started the planning several years ago, however, due to the differences of the opinions among local residents and the shortcomings of the laws, the progress was somewhat slow.
This study started from the discussion of the value of the preservation by
understanding its history, current cultural properties and eco-environment, the participation and opinions of local people, the barrier of the law, followed by the assessment of the impact to the community due to the development of the eco-tourism. The study had adopted the field observation, in-depth interviews and documentary review, to collect the first hand information and to cross examing the theories and the realities. The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the community are assessed through SWOT analysis, the corresponding strategic matrix was formed based on the results from the SWOT analysis. Hence, the short, mid and long term recommendations were provided along with the future possible studies.
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