A reading route prepared by\u00a0Justin (FLAC), Shuqing, Yanglu, Jenny<\/p>\n
Image Credit:\u00a0\u5b98\u5e63\u5927\u793e\u81fa\u7063\u795e\u793e\u5883\u5167\u4e4b\u5716<\/a><\/p>\n Throughout the novel \u201cyou\u201d are always searching for an identity. The connections between Kyoto and Taipei as well as the numerous amounts of other culture that is part of your life is also reflected on the landscape of the city. The city is a mish-mash of Japanese, Chinese, Western, and Taiwanese culture. The city and the main character are searching for an identity in another culture. The dominant theme we have consists of both the city along with you searching for a identity. In the end though, no one culture seems to completely have the identity.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” background_image=”https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/946\/2017\/01\/\u5713\u5c71-\u53f0\u5317\u5e02\u5927\u89c0\u5c40\u90e8-resized-copy.jpeg” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_vertical_timeline admin_label=”Timeline – Vertical” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 1″ use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Back then, your background music, if you had a brother or sister in college, would likely be the Beatles. If it was the beginning of the 1970s, you\u2019d be playing \u201cCandida\u201d nonstop, then in the next year it would be \u201cKnock Three Times\u201d by the same group. If it was late 1969, then you\u2019d have listened to \u201cAquarius.\u201d Every third song played on the TV show Happy Palace would be by the black group The 5th Dimension. If it was a bit earlier than that, you\u2019d have heard \u201cCan\u2019t Take My Eyes off of You\u201d by The Graduates. People who missed it then could have heard it in the bar scene in The Deer Hunter ten years later. (Page 112)<\/span><\/p>\n \u90a3\u65f6\u5019\u7684\u80cc\u666f\u97f3\u4e50\uff0c\u82e5\u4f60\u6709\u4e2a\u5ff5\u5927\u5b66\u7684\u54e5\u54e5\u6216\u59ca\u59ca\uff0c\u4f60\u53ef\u80fd\u591a\u5c11\u8fd8\u5728\u542c\u62ab\u5934\u56db\u3002\u8981\u662f\u4e03\u25cb\u5e74\u4ee3\u7684\u7b2c\u4e00\u5e74\uff0c\u90a3\u4e48\u4e0d\u5206\u65f6\u5730\u5f97\u542cCandida\uff0c\u4ee5\u53ca\u7b2c\u4e8c\u5e74\u540c\u4e00\u4e2a\u5408\u5531\u56e2\u7684\u6572\u4e09\u4e0b\uff0c\u82e5\u662f\u516d\u4e5d\u5e74\u672b\uff0c\u4f60\u5c31\u4e00\u5b9a\u542c\u8fc7Aquarius\uff0c\u7535\u89c6\u8282\u76ee\u300a\u6b22\u4e50\u5bab\u300b\u91cc\u6bcf\u64ad\u4e09\u6b21\u51c6\u4f1a\u51fa\u73b0\u4e00\u6b21\u7684\u90a3\u4e2a\u9ed1\u4eba\u5408\u5531\u56e2The 5th Dimension\u3002\u518d\u65e9\u4e00\u70b9\u7684\u8bdd\uff0c\u4f60\u4e00\u5b9a\u542c\u8fc7\u5b66\u58eb\u5408\u5531\u56e2\u7684Can\u300et take my eyes off you\uff0c\u9519\u8fc7\u8fd9\u9996\u7684\u4eba\uff0c\u5341\u5e74\u4e4b\u540e\u53ef\u4ee5\u518d\u5728\u300a\u8d8a\u6218\u730e\u9e7f\u4eba\u300b\u91cc\u7684\u90a3\u573a\u9152\u5427\u620f\u542c\u5230\u3002<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item][et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 2″ use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n \u4ed6\u4eec\u66fe\u5728\u6218\u4e89\u671f\u95f4\u53d1\u8d77\u79cd\u690d\u4e00\u4e07\u68f5\u6a31\u82b1\u8fd0\u52a8\uff0c\u5e0c\u671b\u5c9b\u56fd\u4eba\u6c11\u80fd\u8ddf\u4ed6\u4eec\u4e00\u6837\u7231\u4e0a\u90a3\u82b1\u7279\u6709\u7684\u7edd\u7f8e\u60e8\u70c8\uff0c\u4ed6\u4eec\u5728\u8349\u5c71\u3001\u96fe\u793e\u3001\u5357\u65b9\u6fb3\u5927\u91cf\u79cd\u690d\u5409\u91ce\u6a31\u3001\u5927\u5c9b\u6a31\u3001\u516b\u91cd\u6a31\u3001\u7eef\u5bd2\u6a31\uff0c\u8fd9\u8f66\u7ad9\u7167\u4f8b\u4fbf\u6709\u4e00\u68f5\u7eef\u5bd2\u6a31\uff0c\u9664\u4e86\u519c\u5386\u5e74\u5de6\u53f3\u8349\u8349\u5f00\u82b1\u4e00\u661f\u671f\uff0c\u5e73\u65e5\u90fd\u82cd\u767d\u745f\u7d22\u7f3a\u4e4f\u81ea\u4fe1\u7684\u81ea\u95ed\u5728\u4e00\u6392\u8239\u6845\u4f3c\u7684\u69df\u6994\u6811\u4e0b\uff0c\u662f\u7684\uff0c\u4e00\u5b9a\u6709\u69df\u6994\u6811\uff0c\u5982\u540c\u5f81\u4eba\u4eec\u4e0a\u4e2a\u4e16\u7eaa\u672b\u7684\u4e00\u5e27\u7167\u7247\uff1a\u51e0\u682a\u526a\u5f71\u822c\u8fce\u98ce\u62db\u6447\u7684\u6811\u59ff\u95f4\uff0c\u4e00\u8f86\u7f13\u7f13\u884c\u7ecf\u7684\u725b\u8f66\uff0c\u7167\u7247\u89d2\u4e0a\u7684\u9898\u5b57\u662f\u300c\u5357\u56fd\u30bd\u5370\u8c61\u300d\uff0c\u53eb\u4eba\u597d\u60f3\u9ec4\u660f\u6d74\u7f62\u7a7f\u7740\u6d74\u8863\u6728\u5c50\u7eb3\u51c9\u5176\u4e2d\u3002<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item][et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 3″ use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Unlike your daughter, on your first visit you were surprised to find that they had brazenly, in your view, used the same name, Maruyama (Yuanshan), for the park. She, on the other hand, had gone on a kindergarten outing to the Yuanshan (Maruyama) River Park and come home to ask why we had given it a Japanese name. Stumped, you couldn\u2019t answer, while your husband teased her about forgetting her own traditions.\u00a0<\/span>(Page 141)<\/span><\/p>\n \u4e0e\u5973\u513f\u4e0d\u540c\u7684\u662f\uff0c\u4f60\u7b2c\u4e00\u6b21\u6765\u5706\u5c71\u516c\u56ed\u65f6\u5f88\u60ca\u8bb6\u4ed6\u4eec\u600e\u4e48\u516c\u7136\u7528\u4e86\u4f60\u4eec\u5706\u5c71\u7684\u540d\u5b57\u3002\u5973\u513f\u5374\u5728\u4e00\u6b21\u5e7c\u7a1a\u56ed\u6237\u5916\u6559\u5b66\u53bb\u5706\u5c71\u6cb3\u6ee8\u516c\u56ed\u56de\u5bb6\u540e\u95ee\u4f60\uff0c\u5947\u602a\u600e\u4e48\u5b66\u4eba\u5bb6\u65e5\u672c\u4eba\u7684\u5730\u540d\u5462\u3002\u4f60\u7a81\u7136\u8ff7\u60d1\u8d77\u6765\u4e0d\u80fd\u56de\u7b54\uff0c\u4e08\u592b\u7b11\u5973\u513f\u6570\u5178\u5fd8\u7956\u3002<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item][et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 4″ use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n You walked down Chokushi Avenue, completed at the turn of the century, imagining you were in one of the thirteen New England states. It was all the fault of the MAAG dormitory, with its whitewashed walls, large windows, chimneys, and lush green lawn, a typical scene from a 1950s Hollywood movie. It was all the fault of off-duty GIs, who were seen on the street from time to time, and who chatted you up, gentlemanly. It was all the fault of those of you who were engrossed in the TV show Peyton Place, with its small-town affairs. If you didn\u2019t loaf around after school, you\u2019d get home in time to see the show. It really didn\u2019t matter if you missed some episodes, since it had been running for more than two years and the plot hadn\u2019t progressed much, even though you\u2019d watched it from the age of fourteen or fifteen all the way up to seventeen. You weren\u2019t that crazy about Ryan O\u2019Neal, who would become famous later; you felt somehow that you were more like Mia Farrow\u2019s character, Allison, who was intent upon leaving the small town for Boston or New York to be a writer. You felt something acutely similar between you and her, since for no identifiable reason you wanted to leave the place where you were born and raised. 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In the early years of the Nationalist government, it was lent to the Seventh Fleet Military Assistance and Advisory Group. On one soccer game night, the mayor-elect described his blueprint for the city\u2019s future, in which the soccer field might be used as the site of a stadium. By then, you, along with many more sweet gum trees, would have to join ranks with Chen Weiying. 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Her childhood and young adulthood has influences from western pop music. Even if she was able to completely inundate into Taiwanese culture or Japanese culture, she still has influences from other countries. It shows that even with the two main influences of Japanese and Taiwanese, Taiwan is not in a bubble, it gets affected by western culture as well. <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_video admin_label=”Video” src=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/NGFToiLtXro” \/][et_pb_toggle admin_label=”Toggle” title=”Japanese Influence – Cherry Trees and Betel Palms” open=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n During the rule of the Japanese, they tried to assimilate the local people. They wanted them to feel Japanese. They mostly did this in two ways. One suppress the local culture, Two impress the locals with their own culture. They suppress the local culture through the teaching of Japanese in the schools like the Japanese teacher in “from the old country”. The other quotes show more of this. The other way they do this is impressing. They are able to impress by building 10,000 cherry trees and hope the locals would be like the Japanese and fall in love with these Cherry trees. They’re hoping they will eventually see the wisdom of “taking a bath in the afternoon and cooling off in yukata and geta.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle admin_label=”Toggle” title=”Japanese Influence – Place Name” open=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n It is interesting to see that the character \u5706\u5c71 has different pronunciations.\u00a0In the past with the teaching of language in Taiwan, Japanese attempted to suppress the local language and thus \u5706\u5c71 was pronounced as Maruyama. It turns\u00a0to Yuanshan in the present, but t<\/span>he daughter wonders why it is not Maruyama because she has been to the Maruyama Park in Kyoto.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle admin_label=”Toggle” title=”Japanese and American Influences – Street Name and Scenes” open=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n MAAG dormitory on Chokushi Avenue: American-style whitewashed walls, large windows, chimneys, and lush green lawn on a street of Japanese-style name. It’s interesting to see the way that so many cultures have influenced into just one place. The area is populated by Chinese people in a Western style house, and with a Japanese street.<\/p>\n Image Credit: Leah Suffern<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle admin_label=”Toggle” title=”Japanese and American Influences – A Stadium” open=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n The stadium has changed from Japanese to American to Chinese. It also seems to mirror the way that the city changes. The city has several stages through it’s life and the stadium does as well.<\/p>\n Map (below, a close-up):\u00a0\u5927\u81fa\u5317\u9ce5\u77b0\u5716<\/a> (For explanations about the stadium, see “Stadiums” under “Our Reading Routes”<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>For the same reason, a 10,000-cherry-tree movement was initiated during the war, hoping the islanders would, like the soldiers, fall in love with the unique, tragic, and resolute beauty of cherry blossoms. They planted an enormous number of hikan cherries, omisha cherries, double cherries on Grass Mountain, Wushe, and Nanfang\u2019ao, which is how this particular station came to have a row of hikan cherry trees. Except for a week of hasty blooming around the Lunar New Year, their pale, bare figures were hidden under mastlike betel palms, as if inflicted with an autistic lack of confidence. Yes, there were definitely betel palms, as in a photograph of soldiers from the end of the previous century, in which an oxcart moves slowly under the shadow of trees that sway in the wind, as if cut out of paper. The corner of the photo is inscribed \u201cImpression of the South,\u201d making you feel like taking a bath in the afternoon and cooling off in yukata and geta. (Page 121)<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/946\/2017\/03\/IMG_5777-copy-2.jpg\")
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