To strengthen ethnic education on campus and help students learn about Indigenous cultures through everyday experiences, the Taichung Indigenous Education Resource Center has launched the campus tour exhibition “Original Appearances – Indigenous Peoples Through Children’s Eyes” since mid-January. The exhibition runs through mid-June and visits seven junior high and elementary schools, using children’s perspectives as the curatorial core to guide students beyond adult-centered frameworks and toward a more diverse and authentic understanding of Indigenous peoples.

The Taichung City Government Education Bureau stated that the tour combines static displays, interactive experiences, and student creative works. Exhibitions are mostly set up in school libraries or public spaces, allowing Indigenous culture to naturally integrate into daily campus life, where teachers and students can engage, observe, and learn during regular school routines in a friendly and inspiring learning environment.

According to the Education Bureau, the exhibition content covers the distribution of Taiwan’s Indigenous groups, traditional patterns, and cultural stories. Student artwork and written creations present how children interpret and imagine Indigenous culture. Interactive experience areas include activities such as making patterned blessing cards, encouraging students to actively explore and reflect on cultural meanings through hands-on participation, transforming learning from passive knowledge intake into personal experience.

The touring exhibition is held sequentially at Wenxin Elementary School in Beitun District, Waipu Junior High School, Shalu Junior High School, Wanhe Junior High School, Chenggong Elementary School in East District, Gongming Junior High School, and Chongde Junior High School. Wenxin Elementary School principal Ko Chih-ming noted that the exhibition helps students understand the distribution and totem characteristics of Taiwan’s 16 Indigenous groups, and through hands-on experiences such as pattern rubbing and trying on traditional attire, students move from seeing and doing to truly feeling, cultivating respect for diversity and appreciation of cultural differences.

The Education Bureau added that promoting exhibitions through a touring format allows students of different age groups to participate, demonstrates concrete outcomes of Indigenous education in schools, and promotes resource sharing among schools, further deepening ethnic understanding and cultural dialogue on campus.