STUST USR project team for "Local Creation and Dissemination of Cultural Heritage—Fucheng vs Yuejin," sponsored by the Ministry of Education, recently jointly launched the Summer Shennong Street Bingo Connection Challenge with local residents after the pandemic had stabilized in this summer vacation. It was hoped that through this activity, the public would not only have the fun of breaking through the barriers, but also easily understand the history and culture of Shennong Street.

【A group photo of the participants in the Summer Shennong Street Bingo Linking Challenge gathering at the entrance of Shennong Street on the day of the event】

The Summer Shennong Street Bingo Connection Challenge had been planned for more than three months. As participating stores actively launched the 25-column linking challenge, the public could challenge one to 12 links according to their own interests, physical strength, and time. Unlike the common stamp collection activities, the 25 columns contained four types of gameplay. The first is for the stores, with 21 stores participating, ranging from the Narcissus Palace Market to the Yaowang Temple and Heping Street. Every store came up with the most important information topic for tourists to know, and tourists could get a stamp after entering the store and doing interactive customs clearance. The second is for the temples, mainly allowing tourists to get to know the Narcissus Palace, Jinhua Palace, and Yaowang Temple that guard the front, middle and back of Shennong Street. The third type is QR Code Da Da Fun, for which students from STUST project team had conducted field surveys and interviews for 28 old houses on Shennong Street and made a motion picture of the old house stories for tourists to scan the code installed in front of the old houses. Tourists could go to the Five-Port Cultural Center to ask for the QR Code Da Da Fun questions, so they could scan the QR code to find the answer in front of the old house according to the question. The fourth type is game reading, in which tourists could get a stamp in the night reading activity on Shennong Street, as long as they participated in the block game to know Shennong Street.

【The front and back of the 25-column-grid stamp collection book of the Bingo Connection Challenge-1】

The Bingo Challenge was an event organized by the local residents of Shennong Street to build up consensus. The awards were also enthusiastically provided by the participating residents and stores; therefore, the awards were dazzling and extremely diverse. For all the special products of the store, tourists could get local prizes by visiting Shennong Street. In addition, it had also received support from the Taiwan Museum of History, the Nanke Archaeological Museum, and the Rongguan of Heichiao Brand Enterprises, which sponsored the tickets and products, bringing the total number of prizes to more than 400 items. The lottery will be held on August 17 and September 3, respectively. In order to entertain the tourists who came to Shennong Street to participate in the challenge, the residents and shopkeepers also presented shop gifts one after another, making the whole event a food court and full of knowledge, creating a beautiful summer memory of the Year of the Tiger for every visitor.

【The front and back of the 25-column-grid stamp collection book of the Bingo Connection Challenge-2】

Deng-maw Lu, President of STUST, said that the USR team of STUST has deeply cultivated Shennong Street and won the trust and support of the residents. In the consensus meeting between STUST and the local residents for the Shennong Street Lantern Exhibition in the Year of the Tiger and the preparation of the Year of the Tiger last year, the team came to understand that the residents hoped, in addition to participate in the lantern exhibition, to also hold activities together during the summer vacation. Therefore, the first Bingo challenge event was successfully held with the support of the residents, fulfilling the promise of STUST to the residents of Shennong Street, which was worth praising. From July 30th to August 31st, the public is welcome to come to Shennong Street to ask for a stamp collection book from participating stores, challenge the Bingo 25-column stamp connection activity on Shennong Street, and create their own beautiful summer imprint

【Participants in the public challenge were scanning the QR code to answer questions.】

【Participants were receiving their first stamps after they passed the level.】

【Participants were interacting with the store owners for the linking challenges.】

【Linking challenge information board hung in front of participating stores (Five-Port store)】