Chung Cheng University (CCU) hosted the "Dalin Great Love Kayaking and Frisbee Activity" at Zhonglin Lake in Dalin, in collaboration with the Chiayi County Aquatic Recreation Association. The event allowed residents of Yunlin, Chiayi, and Tainan to experience "great love" through rowing, improve communication skills through frisbee, and spread positive energy in the community. Morning and afternoon sessions featured CCU students performing the play "Guardians of Dalin: Honoring the Past and Embracing the Present," recounting the heroic tales of Dalin's ancestors resisting Japanese colonial forces.

The event, now in its third year, was co-organized by CCU’s Higher Education Sprout Project Office and the Gender Equality, Mutual Love, and Peace Research Center. Professor Lin Min-chieh from the Department of Department of Criminology emphasized the event’s goal: fostering mutual love and benefit among human communities for coexistence and shared prosperity.

This social education initiative builds on Professor Lin’s general education course, Moral and Communication Practices and Promotion, which enrolls 40 university students annually. These students conduct anti-bullying campaigns in local schools and promote "great love" through rowing, frisbee, and teamwork games. This year, the program introduced a new highlight: an anti-Japanese resistance play authored by Professor Lin.

The play dramatizes historical events, including a story from 20 years ago when a woman from Taoyuan sought spiritual guidance at a temple, claiming to be haunted by Japanese soldiers requesting burnt offerings to return to Japan. However, celestial troops allegedly intervened, identifying the spirits as members of Xu Xiang’s militia from Miaoli. Xu lamented that later generations had forgotten him. The play further depicts Jian Yi, a Dalin leader, who led an attack on Japanese forces after mass sexual assaults on local women. Although Jian later surrendered, he committed suicide upon learning that Japanese troops had executed all militia members in Gutian, Gukeng, under the guise of a surrender ceremony. In recent years, the Xu Xiang Memorial Park has been established in Miaoli.

Professor Lin expressed plans to establish a "Dalin Peace Trail," inspired by Boston's Freedom Trail. This initiative aims to connect Dalin’s historical stories of resistance with intellectual tourism. The trail will link Dalin with Minhsiung Station via the U-Bike network, offering students and visitors an opportunity to learn peace-building skills while exploring local attractions.

Dalin Mayor Hsu You-Jiang personally attended the event to thank CCU faculty and students for promoting Dalin’s aquatic, cultural, and historical activities. Together with Professor Lin and attendees, he participated in a symbolic ritual of burning paper money for Taiwanese and Japanese soldiers, praying for mutual peace. Mayor Hsu also pledged to work on realizing the Dalin Peace Trail and canoeing pier, enhancing tourism in Dalin and Minhsiung by focusing on their distinctive features.

Supporting professors, including Su Quan-Zheng from the Department of History and Chen Jun-Min from the Department of Physical Education, praised the event’s significance and its potential for continued promotion. Participant Li, a CCU student, shared that learning about the ancestors’ stories of resistance was deeply moving, highlighting the value of peace and mutual love.