踏溯台南

踏溯台南

文學院 通識教育課程

The Museum: Ecological village and eco-museum

Route Introduction

The five barracks of the Bao Ling Temple

  Ever noticed a small temple under a tree or on the side of the road? Inside are bamboo pipes and spells. In fact, these small temples are one of the ways to define the land where people live in a traditional agricultural society, called the "five barracks", which are divided into central, eastern, western, southern, and northern barracks, and are the barracks of the village temple gods stationed in the five sides of the village borders. "Five Barracks" is one of the important features of Taiwanese folk beliefs, especially in southern Taiwan, and relevant studies have identified that the "Five Barracks" are not only related to the scope of worship constructed by residents, but also have a clear relationship with the settlement space, that is, the "Five Barracks" intuitively reflect the boundary of the settlement, and establish an invisible protective boundary to protect the residents living in it. Since Bao Ling Temple is the village temple of Sankandian, the geographical spatial range enclosed by its five barracks is the scope of the Sankandian settlement, which shows that it has not been affected by obvious urbanization and other aspects, and it is a suitable place to experience the traditional Han settlement. In addition to the five barracks, the Sankandian settlement will also tie red cloth to the tree trunk, which is a symbol of the interaction between people and land in the daily life of the residents of the Sankandian Settlement. In this route, we will visit the Five Barracks of Bao Ling Temple, and hope to establish participants' initial understanding of the geographic information system (GIS), in order to discuss the significance of the Five Barracks in the communal space of the Sankandian settlement.

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