Building Bridges of Culture Through Stories 用故事連結文化的橋樑

I dreamed that I was attending a university class. One day, the teacher mentioned that she also taught at another school and shared an idea she had: she wanted to promote culture by having us work in groups to creatively interpret cultural themes and turn them into theatrical performances for an audience.

I thought this was a fascinating idea and kept it in mind. Later, I seemed to notice in a newspaper that the Cultural Affairs Bureau was organizing an event involving storytelling with a nostalgic twist.

In the dream, I remembered the teacher introducing two topics in class, though now I can only recall one of them—"Cultural Impressions." During the second class, the teacher brought up the idea again. Perhaps because none of the students responded, she said she thought Pisces might like this concept since they tend to have a romantic sensibility.

I couldn’t help raising my hand and said, "It’s true! Teacher, since you mentioned it last time, I’ve been seriously collecting ideas. I even noticed that the Cultural Affairs Bureau has a similar activity involving storytelling with a nostalgic theme." I continued, "You mentioned collaborating with other schools and using storytelling as a performance medium. I think it’s a fantastic idea! I’m a Pisces, so I really resonate with your thoughts."

The teacher replied, "See! I’m not a Pisces, but I think I must have a lot of Pisces in my chart!" She looked a bit like my real-life friend Jane. She seemed very pleased, as though she felt a sense of connection. She encouraged everyone, saying, "Think about it and see if you’re interested in this kind of theme."

I added, "Exactly! If everyone could use performances to tell stories, with each group presenting in a unique way, we’d get to enjoy a variety of stories as if watching a play." I felt this idea was truly wonderful!

After class, some classmates approached me. One male student, who resembled Anderson, a friend from a real-life club, handed me a bottle of cold water. I asked him, "What’s this about? Do you want to join my group?" He said no but hesitated before eventually asking, "Can I?" He was in a different group for this class.

In fact, my group already had a female leader, but I found her rather disorganized and unreliable. In the end, many classmates gathered around me, seemingly eager to join my group, perhaps because they felt I had great ideas and that being in my group would be fun.

I remember the teacher had mentioned two storytelling-related topics, though I can now only recall the one about "Cultural Impressions." I need to think more to remember what the other topic was.

夢見我在大學上課。有一天老師跟我們說她在別的學校也有教課，有個想法，她想推廣文化，讓我們分組各自發揮，用自己的方式，去闡述文化風情，變成戲劇，讓大家可以在台下觀賞。

我覺得這個主意很有意思，我把它放在心裡。後來我在報紙上，好像看到文化局也有個活動，就是用懷舊方式拍攝故事。

夢裡我記得老師上課時講了兩個題目，不過我現在只記得「文化風情」這個主題。第二次上課的時候，老師又提起這個想法。可能因為同學都不講話，老師說她覺得可能雙魚座會喜歡這個主意，因為雙魚座有浪漫的情懷。

然後我就忍不住舉手，說：「真的耶！老師，自從你上次講了以後，我就很認真在收集想法。而且我有注意到文化局也有類似的主題活動，用懷舊方式來講故事。」我繼續說：「你提到要和其他學校分組來陳述故事，我真的覺得這個主意很棒。我就是雙魚座，所以你的這些想法，我很有感。」

老師說：「你看吧！我雖然不是雙魚座，可是我覺得我應該蠻多星在雙魚座喔！」這老師看來有點像我現實生活的朋友 Jane。她看來很高興，應該是感覺得到共鳴。她跟大家說：「你們想一想，看看對這樣的主題有沒有興趣。」

我補充說：「對啊！如果大家可以一起用表演方式來講故事，每一組用不同的方式表達，我們在台下可以像看戲一樣，看到不同的故事。」我覺得這個點子好棒喔！

下課後，有一些同學來找我。有個男同學過來，看起來像是現實生活社團同學 Anderson，他跑來給了我一瓶冰水。我問他「什麼意思？你是想要加入我這一組嗎？」他說不是啦，稍後他就問「可以嗎？」主要因為他在這堂課是不同組。

其實我這組有個女生當小組長，但我覺得她的個性很散漫，很不靠譜。總之，後來很多同學圍著我，好像他們都想要加入我這一組，因為覺得好像我很有想法，加入我這一組應該會很好玩。

我記得夢裡老師提了兩個主題，好像都跟講故事有關，現在只記得「闡述文化風情」這個主題，要再來想想另一個主題是什麼。