The Taiwanese Opera Club of Xi-Hu Elementary School was founded in 1997, with the generous assistance of Ming-HwaYuan Taiwanese Opera Company, the club flourished immensely. On many occasions the club was invited to perform in public and was well received in general, hence becoming one of the special aspects of the school.
To promote our school-oriented curriculum, we have included this performing art in our Art and Humanity area. Through the Resident Artist Project, we tried to incorporate Art and Humanity to areas such as Language, Health & PE, and Synchronized Activities etc. to evolve into one of our special curriculum.
Through the promotion of the activities, we hope the followings can be achieved:
1. inheriting and exalt the beauty of traditional arts
2. incorporating art with class and daily life to elevate the appreciation of arts for the community and school
3. enhancing the habit of including artistic appreciation in leisure recreation, advocating the idea of healthy recreation

After series of teaching activities, both teachers and students responded ardently. From knowing nothing about Taiwanese opera to forming basic ideas about it, the interests of students were greatly aroused. On the other hand, teachers were able to elevate their capability in designing and teaching performing art lessons.
The full support and assistance of Ming-Hwa Yuan on our designing the lessons and the execution of the activities are most precious in all. They not only supply us with the exquisite costumes and props for our lessons; Ms. Sun, Tsui-Feng also attended every activity, sharing with us her experiences and demonstrating for us the elaborate acting and singings of Taiwanese Opera. Her presence was a great attraction and encouragement to students and also would certainly have critical influence on the success of infusing art into daily life.
Through participating in the activities, the members of Art and Humanity Team were able to form mutual consensuses on lesson planning. Most importantly, we were able to effectuate the ideal of living the art in real life, and build a solid foundation for developing our special curriculum and our Taiwanese Opera Club.
With this special curriculum as the incentive, Xi-Hu Red Kids takes its form. We hope, with this project, we could promote this special theatrical art to every corner of the country to elevate the artistic standard of the audiences.