Getting the grounding at home Born in 1951, Wu lived in his Ami tribal village until he went north to perform his military service after graduating from the architecture department of Kuokuang Vocational School. Living at home over his entire childhood meant that he received the complete training given to Ami boys aged 13 to 18.
家鄉打下基礎民國四十年次的他，在家鄉阿美族部落一直待到國光商工建築科畢業，才離家北上服役，因此受過阿美族從十三歲到十八歲完整的成年訓練。