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My personal experiences have served as a profound source of inspiration, compelling me to reflect on and depict in my previously creative endeavors numerous questions I harbor regarding religion and my role. Within this exploration, I delve into the unique prespecifies, and emotional landscapes experienced by women in Asian societies and others living within the confines of a patriarchal framework. This multifaceted examination encompasses cultural memory, emotions, materialism, and the prevailing conservatism deeply embedded in Asian societies.

I employ a narrative approach from the vantage point of my grandfather, who contrib- uted land and resources to temples. Through his perspective, I endeavor to elucidate the oppressive constructs intrinsic to a patriarchal society. In this context, Temples function as mere conduits through which the far-reaching influence of patriarchy on society can be conveyed. Through this lens, I scrutinize the roles and unwavering determination exhibited by my grandfather in the construction of temples. Furthermore, I embark on an exploration of how, in the backdrop of Han Chinese immigrants arriving in Taiwan, the patriarchal system compelled men to shoulder the weighty burden of family responsibilities. Even in Taiwan’s immigrant society today, the family dynamic continues to revolve predominantly around males.

I have been living in Europe and have been working on about many local immigrant topics. This has made me reflect on my own social position and has also brought me back to the questions I was confused about since childhood. Why did my grandfather, as a descendant of the laboring poor, buy land and build a temple as the first thing after earning money, and then contribute it to the local community?

In this project, I document the current situation of my family to discuss their under-standing of the meaning of home and their feelings towards my grandfather. Through this process, I gradually understand that my grandfather’s ancestors were came not originally from Taiwan,but arrived as migrant labour era (whether as labor introduced by the Dutch in 1624 or due to the Chinese Civil War, which led mainland Chinese to migrate to Taiwan). At that time, many Han Chinese were single men, and temples were like cultural centers, political centers, and a place of emotional refuge for them. My research starts from the perspective of my own family and attempts to explore and document the complex racial identification of the local people in Taiwan. Each generation among them has different dreams, some talking about the Chinese dream, American dream, Japanese dream, Filipino dream, and these dreams may all be imagi-nations born out of the

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