Taking the university’s social responsibility for the community, the USR team of STUST continued the "Tour Guide Interpretation Training Program that was popular last year. STUST’s "Cultural Creation and Dissemination—Fucheng vs. Yuejin" USR Project implementation team recently offered the 2021 Yanshui Fenghua Historic Site Tour Guide and Interpreters Training Program," which was held at the Chiaonan Food Café in Chiaonan Old Street, Yanhui District. The USR project team has been deeply involved in the Yanshui community for many years, and it offered particularly tailored guide and commentator courses for the people in the salt water community based on local characteristics. These courses focus on the inheritance of local cultural history and the training of experienced guide.

[A group photo of the 2021 Yanshui Fenghua Historic Site Roaming Guide Interpreters Training Program organized by the USR team of STUST.]

The activity started with a very experienced teacher Guo-Shu Huang, who has had decades of experience as a tour guide, walking through the streets and alleys while making commentary and explanations about Yuejin: Fish Scale Lane through which the early fishmongers must go when they came ashore with the fish they caught, and the former residence of He-Chuan Tsai—the author of The Eight Views of Yuejin—which recalls the prosperous scene of the Yuejin Poetry Society a long time ago.

[Instructor Guo-Shu Huang was having an on-site commentary in the interpreters training program to the trainees.]

With his on-site commentary, Instructor Guo-Shu Huang has given all his hands on the contents and interpretation skills of tour guides for many years, prompting the main points of the commentary to be concise and powerful. Afterwards, Instructor Ya-Chi Shen introduced the plant ecology of Yuejin Port. In recent years, the Tainan City Government has paid attention to Yanshui sightseeing. Not only has the old river been renovated, but the Jingang Water Park is also now the main venue for the annual Lantern Festival. The development of eco-tourism is also a feature of current tourism development. The local people heard the special plant explanation, which aroused enthusiastic discussions. While remembering the prosperity of the old Yuejin business port, it also led everyone to understanding the current tourism resources.

[The USR team of STUST offered the "2021 Yanshui Fenghua Historic Site Tour Guide and Interpreters Training Program.]

The following activity was led by Instructor Shu-Ling. Liu, who is a licensed tour guide and a team leader, explained about the interpretation skills for tour guides. The students were required to understand the cultural characteristics of the Yanshui and the commentator's manual. The knowledge and understanding of the octagonal building allows visitors to have rich and enjoyable recreational experience and practical exercises, allowing the students to introduce themselves and tell their own strengths and talents. In addition, the teacher also let the students try demonstrating and explaining the Yanshui landmark octagonal building. The tour guide skills drill, followed by Instructor Ying-Ru Chiu, who took over to explain the brine characteristic industry sugar, pasta, and tomato and introduce some well-known local specialty industry stores, in order that students could have a deep understanding of local specialty cuisine.

President Deng-Maw Lu of STUST said that the USR team of STUST plans to launch a series of tour guide commentary training courses this year has entered its second year. The courses are of great depth and breadth, able to attract local cultural and historical guides to come and learn. The strategy of the cultural sustainability of the STUST's project team aims to inherit and continue the cultural and historical memory of suburban businessmen, to carefully plan training activities, to assist in the sustainable development of tourism in the salt water area. It looks forward to assisting community volunteers to meet the need of tour guides in the Yanshui area.