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Local cultural resources provide the extension from previous generation and strengthen the sense of self identification of the place where local residents belong. And that further become the foundation of local culture. This research utilizes literature review and field study to build the cultural resource structure in Xindian DaPingLi area in metropolitan Taipei and sort it in the following three categories: 1. Bitan, the result of Hydraulic engineering composed of stone chamber and dyke, and canals wind through every corner of DaPingLin have everything to do with the local DaPingLin Canal and Liugong canal. 2. Houses are certainly the most relevant buildings to people's life. It is not merely the combination of cold material and construction; it is the place where families live; the place where the legacy of the whole family pass on and the place where human settlements and ordinary lives of the villagers are presented. 3. Temples built to pray and to remember the gratitude of the god and churches built for spreading the beliefs of Christianity by agriculture-based villagers who settle here. Through oral interview, we understand the ordinary life and memory of the locals and it shows a vivid, firm connection between the people and local cultural resources. The way of writing that cares public and the local point of view on local history integrates with the concept of "public history".
Through the investigation and interview of the cultural resources in DaPingLin area, this research not only hope to construct historical data for the region, retain local culture, and contribute to local culture but also to make the most use of the result by properly transforming and designing the local cultural resources into teaching materials or tourist sites for study to accomplish characteristic teaching materials and local learning programs. Therefore the cultural resources in DaPingLin area have become not only the best testimony for the past of DaPingLin but also the best way for residents to rediscover and identify themselves.
Keyword: Taipei, Xindian, DaPingLin, local culture, cultural resources, public history
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