Date:On February 5th 2003 PM:2:00 Place:At Mr. Wu Chi-Chun's house
	The aged who participated in the visiting: Chen-Man:70 years old, now the chief of the Tai-Ping Yang Yung-Chuan:78 years old, now the ex-officer of Shihu Domicile-affair office, now had retired. Wu Chi-Chun:Being born in the R.O.C Yr 23th, 69 years old, the ex-chief of the Tong-Liao Community, the master of folk art(mold of flour-statue). The members of the team: Li Hsiao-Ying, Chen Kuan-Hua, Yang Hsiu-Mei, Chen I-Rou, Shieh Mei-Ching, Lin Ming Hsien, Chen Mei Chun
Chen I-Rou：What's the change and development of Shihu political districts? 　Yang Yung-Chuan：We had the Tithing System when being ruled by Japan . There was one person called "Pao-cheng", who was the chief of a community . The government assigned rich and influential persons to be the Pao-chengs who had a great power. The Pao-cheng also was an arbitrator who dealt with the local disputation. He could make those supervisors satisfied and the local citizens' life easier if he was powerful enough. The members of policemen were only 2-3 at that time. 　　When being ruled by Japan, the government set chou, prefecture, street, village, town and tithing under the general government, and Chang-hwa, Nan-tou, Tai-chung counties belonged to Tai-chung Chou. Shihu was governed by "Tai-chung Chou Yan-lin Prefecture Shihu village", and the power of a chief of a prefect was greater than the county magistrate nowadays. When they were proceeding a tour of inspection ,it's just like the emperor going out for a patrol then.In 1938, Shihu was promoted to be the Shihu street,then being governed by "Tai-chung County Yan-lin District Shihu Town" after the restoration. In 1950, the politcal districts were regulated. 　Chen-Man：There was a slang said that "Make friends with officers would make you poor; make friends with ghost would make you dead; make friends with cattle-traders would make you run out of your rice." It means that when you make friends with government officers, you always have to treat them well to make you poor, when you make friends with ghost, it's definitly no good, when you make friends with cattle-traders, they will earn money from you. Speaking to cattles, it was important at the time of agricultural society, so there were cattle-markets to trade cattles. There were also many groceries going around and selling many things for daily lives.
Yang Hsiu-Mei：What's the situation of the development of "downtown" and the prosperity of Tai-ping Street? 　 Chen-Man：The "downtown" was divided into four districts at the age of being ruled by Japan. After the restoration the First-one was changed into Kwang-ping , and the "Second-one" changed into Ping-ho, the "Third-one" changed into Tai-ping, the "Forth-one" changed into Kwang-hwa. 　　 The Tai-ping Street had been a poor street, but after the restoration, the entertainment businesses emerged to make it prosperous. There were two cinemas (Shihu and Tai-shan), restaurants, brothels, taverns and so on. It became a no-night city. Some stores didn't close till daybreak. 　　More than 60 years ago, the "Middle Street" had another activity called "Street-top fights with Street-tail". Because the Hsi-kung (technicians of linking the iron, who came from Japan to instruct the Taiwanese) went to the street to entertain but always quarreled and fought frequently. They decided to compete by the way of bustling after negotiations. Both of them have to set their performance-squad out to peform to compare once for every year. It was so cheerful when the activity was held once after the restoration but never continued again.
Li Hsiao-Ying：Where did the name of "Ding-liao" come from? 　Wu Chi-Chun：The Ding-liao sites at the north of the downtown but not belonged to downtown. Some people said that the word of "Liao" means our ancestors built huts on the mountain. At the age of being ruled by Japan, the Ding-liao was divided into two districts, but after the restoration, these two districts were named Tong-liao and Hsi-liao ."Hsia-liao" includes Ta-tu, Pei-shih, Tien-chung nowadays.
Chen Kuan-Hua：The Shihu Fire-fighting Squad 　Chen-Man：The Fire-fighting Squad is kind of present voluntary firemen. It began at the age of being ruled by Japan and was organized by Taiwanese. All the members were volunteers. What did they got? Just got some cups of free alcohol. When any place got fire then, there would be someone driving fire fighting truck circling around the town with the bell ringing to inform their squad members. When they rushed to the spot, they fought fire with basin carring water because the fire-fighting truck had only one pump by hand. At that time men were less, so the photos you saw were women trained to put off fire in case of being bombed by America.
Shieh Mei-Ching：When did you begin the mold of flour-statue? 　Wu Chi-Chun：Forty years ago, I was 30 years old. I met a man who came from Tang-shan by luck, then I learned the mold of flour-statue from him. At first, just for fun, but later, I got interest in it more and more, and I would not expect that I could have such a great achievement now. I have had many interviews with TV. stations, even the Central T.V.S of Mainland China. Besides, there were many offices of newspapers and magazines interviewing me. I also went to Japan, Holland to perform. The Shihu Cultrure Studio has helped finding place to get ready for display for me. By the way, the flour-statue could be eaten once, but for the reason of helath, nobody dares to eat it, so we add some antiseptic into the material to make the mold flour-statues to be preserved fovever and become artistic works.
Chen Kuan-Hua：What's the situation of the foundation fo Shihu Elementary School? 　Yang Yung-Chuan：In 1933, I was the first grade in Shihu Primary School whose location was at the former Telecommunications Bureau with a rank of classrooms, and the Shihu Primary School of the time was being built. There were only a rank of bamboo houses, so the students of the 4th, 5th, 6th grades had to go to the west-south side of school to carry soil for filling the ground then starting to plant Chieh-tong trees which have been more than 70 years. 　　Our school had been a piece of land full with bamboos, and there were many graves where were dug out many bones. They collected all the bones to the Wan-chiu Temple on the opposite of school, and so make Wan-chiu Temple properous. At the primal time, the school place was desolate, and no one dared to pass by at every night. Some rumors were said that bamboos would play joke with people, moreover the graves made everyone frightened. But now it is hard to image the former scene again. 　 Chen-Man：At that time Japanese education was very serious. They taught severely and students dared not express their own opinions. Taiwanese not only were afraid of Japanese but also respected them. They used the ways of military discipline to teach students and to rule Taiwanese.。