{"id":1263,"date":"2023-09-11T14:10:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T06:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eminccuc.nccu.edu.tw\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2023-09-11T14:10:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T06:10:43","slug":"2023-fall-nccuc-exchange-students-orientation-and-culture-tour-taking-a-closer-look-at-the-north-east-part-of-this-exotic-island-with-nccuc-oip-office-by-taste-buds-and-other-senses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eminccuc.nccu.edu.tw\/?p=1263","title":{"rendered":"2023 Fall NCCUC Exchange Students\u2019 Orientation and Culture Tour – Taking a closer look at the north east part of this exotic island with NCCUC OIP office by taste buds and other senses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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On September 6th, 2023, 156 NCCUC exchange students from all over the world joined the orientation and cultural tour in Yilan County hosted by the Office of International Programs, NCCUC. The one-day tour in north east Taiwan allowed exchange students to indulge in Taiwanese cuisine, interact with local students and gain a better understanding of the exotic Taiwanese culture.\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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NCCUC exchange students from all over the world joined the orientation and cultural tour.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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To start the day, International Programs Ambassadors (IPAs) prepared a series of detailed introduction of both Taiwan and NCCU, getting rid of the worry and anxiety on exchange students. While unveiling the gems of Taiwan, the exchange students got to know more about ancient Chinese letters with imagination. During the orientation, the ambassadors not only introduced NCCU in details from administration system to survival guide, but also guided the exchange students around campus, giving them a clearer picture of their up-coming everyday life.<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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International Programs Ambassadors (IPAS) prepared a series of detailed introduction of both Taiwan and NCCUC, getting rid of the worry and anxiety on exchange students\u2019 minds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The first stop of the culture tour was for the delicious jar-roasted chicken(\u7515\u4ed4\u96de). Worrying that the exchange students might be scared of the whole chicken, the jar-roasted chicken was served without head and neck. However, most of the exchange students are still surprised when they see the chicken feet while others said that it reminded them of the wishbone custom back in their home countries. Moreover, since the jar-roasted cuisine was served as a whole chicken, each table had to assign a \u201cwarrior\u201d to do the hand-on tearing job just like a surgeon for everyone. Although the unusualness at first, you would never know if you don\u2019t give it a try, the jar-roasted chicken had gained much favorable comments with its unique firewood smell, standing out among all the other local cuisine, including stir-fried white water snowflake(\u7092\u6c34\u84ee), fried shrimp roll, braised pork rice and so on.<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The ambassadors not only introduced NCCU in details from administration system to survival guide, but also guided the exchange students around campus, giving them a clearer picture of their up- coming everyday life.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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After enjoying the delicacies to their content, the next stop was I- Cake Invention Museum, where the participants got to make their own Ovomaltine flavored Yi-Lan biscuits (\u5b9c\u862d\u9905). The local Yi-Lan biscuits are said to be the thinnest biscuits in the world with only 0.1cm thick. With the tutor\u2019s comprehensive and vivid instructions, the participants followed carefully while pinching and rolling the dough. After a series of hard work, the participants could finally enjoy their own freshly-baked Yi-Lan biscuits and be stunned by how crunchy the biscuits are.<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Worrying that the exchange students might be scared of the whole chicken, the jar-roasted chicken was served without head and neck. However, most of the exchange students are still surprised when they see the chicken feet while others said that it reminded them of the wishbone custom back in their home countries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The following visit of the trip was National Center for Traditional Arts(\u570b\u7acb\u50b3\u7d71\u85dd\u8853\u4e2d\u5fc3) where the exchange students were able to immerse themselves in very local Chinese atmosphere by strolling down the antique red-brick-wall allies and visit Wenchang Temple(\u50b3\u85dd\u6587\u660c\u7960). Because of the sudden heavy rain, some of the exchange students sought shelter at the Hanlin Tea Room(\u7ff0\u6797\u8336\u9928) who claimed to be the ancestor of bubble milk tea. As a result, the exchange students got to discover Taiwanese culture with their taste buds by enjoy the \u201cOG\u201d bubble milk tea. Since the charm of bubble milk tea has swept the whole world with its special taste, there are bubble milk tea shop in north Europe as well. However, Arno Tuhkanen from Aalto University School of Business, Finland, shared that his first try back in Finland couple of years ago was not as fabulous as this time in the origin country.<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The local Yilan biscuits are said to be the thinnest biscuits in the world with only 0.1cm thick. After a series of hard work according to the tutor\u2019s instructions, the participants could finally enjoy their own freshly-baked Ovomaltine flavored Yilan biscuits and be stunned by how crunchy the biscuits are.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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As a must-visit tourist spot in Yi-lan County, Luodong Night Market was the last but not least spot of the culture tour. At a much more affordable price than that in her home country, Denmark, Sara Troelsen from Copenhagen Business School had savored a variety of local snacks, including stinky tofu, fried sweet potato balls(\u5730\u74dc\u7403), crispy sparerib(\u6392\u9aa8\u9165), white gourd tea with lemon smoothie(\u51ac\u74dc\u6ab8\u6aac\u51b0\u6c99), just to name a few. Among all of them, the angelica mutton soup (\u7576\u6b78\u7f8a\u8089\u6e6f) was impressive for her. In comparison with the soup back in Denmark, angelica mutton soup tastes less thick. \u201cWe always put smashed potato into soup, making the taste of the soup thick.\u201dshe explained. Speaking of the differences between Asian and Scandinavian cuisine, Josefin M\u00e5rtenson from Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden added that the latter one tastes plainer, because there are usually only potato, meat and sauce. Besides, unlike the variety of flavor in Chinese cuisine, salt is merely the only condiment in the traditional Scandinavian cuisine.<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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National Center for Traditional Arts (\u570b\u7acb\u50b3\u7d71\u85dd\u8853\u4e2d\u5fc3) was the perfect place for exchange students to immerse themselves in very local Chinese atmosphere by strolling down the antique red-brick-wall allies and visit Wenchang Temple(\u50b3\u85dd\u6587\u660c\u7960).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Caroline Wu (\u5433\u51a0\u8476) the moderator of the orientation from Department of Risk Management and Insurance mentioned that the culture tour not only aimed to create a memorable time for exchange students\u2019 first adventure in Taiwan, but also wanted to provide them an opportunity to get along and feel at home by knowing each other before the semester get started. As a result, they could fit in well in Taiwan and enjoy the rest of the semester in NCCUC.\r\n\r\nAccording to sharing from most of the exchange students, they are astonished by how friendly Taiwanese are. Besides, younger generations in Taiwan are capable of basic conversation in English, which made their journey on this beautiful island much easier than they thought. After all, who can resist this exotic country with diverse amazing cuisine and culture!\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Luodong Night Market is a must-visit tourist spot in Yilan County where people can enjoy a variety of local snacks, including stinky tofu, fried sweet potato balls(\u5730\u74dc\u7403), crispy sparerib(\u6392\u9aa8\u9165) white gourd tea with lemon smoothie(\u51ac\u74dc\u6ab8\u6aac\u51b0\u6c99), angelica mutton soup (\u7576\u6b78\u7f8a\u8089\u6e6f), just to name a few.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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