Taiwan News
Date: 2018/08/27
By:  Taiwan News, Staff Writer

(By Central News Agency)

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—A “harbor bombardment” activity held on Sunday attracted nearly 200 people to a local fishing port in Taiwan’s offshore island county of Penghu, where they jumped into the harbor for a swim to relive Penghu locals’ childhood pastime, according to a Central News Agency report.

Activity organizer Lin Rui-tien (林瑞添) is a Penghu local who is currently serving as a policeman in Jinshan Precinct, New Taipei City. He said nowadays both adults and children spend most of their leisure time in front of a computer or a cell phone, but when he was small, one of the most common summer pastimes for children in Penghu was to invite several friends to jump into a harbor for a swim in the sea, the report said. But the simple pastime has almost become a thing of the past, he added.

Therefore, Lin, who is also running a Facebook paged called “1000 Penghu Dreams” (1000個澎湖夢), initiated the activity of “harbor bombardment,” which in plain language means jumping into a harbor, to let today’s children understand what and how children a generation ago played, according to the report. The water splashes around when a jumper hits the water, making it look like a bombardment, he said, adding that the seawater is bound to make the jumper feel so cool and fresh and it has more fun than fiddling with a cell phone, according to the report

Lin also said the activity can only be held at high tide to be safe and that participants have to be able to swim.    [FULL  STORY]