From a borrowed temple to a historic campus.
Ansi Elementary traces back to April 20, 1914, when classes began in a borrowed ancestral temple in Ansiliao village with just two staff and four male students. It was formally established as "Ansi Public School" in 1916, renamed "Houbi Township Ansi National School" in 1947, became "Tainan County Ansi Elementary School" in 1968 under nine-year compulsory education, and took its current name after the 2010 Tainan city-county merger. At its peak the school enrolled roughly 1,200 students across 24 classes — far more than today, reflecting the district's since-declined farming population.
安溪國小創校於大正3年（1914年）4月20日，最初借用安溪寮的宗祠上課，僅2位教職員與4名男學生。民國5年（1916年）正式設校，定名「安溪公學校」；民國36年（1947年）更名「後壁鄉安溪國民學校」；民國57年（1968年）九年國教實施後改名「臺南縣安溪國民小學」；民國99年（2010年）縣市合併後改為現名。全盛時期學生曾多達約1,200人、24班，人數遠超今日，見證了地方農業人口的消長。
What makes this school worth knowing.
⛩️ Born in a Borrowed Temple
借用宗祠創校
Classes began on April 20, 1914 in a borrowed ancestral temple in Ansiliao village, with just two staff and four students.
🏛️ A Tainan Historic Building
臺南市定古蹟校舍
The school's 1950s-built office and auditorium were designated a Tainan historical building in 2004; the auditorium still serves as the assembly hall, and the old office is now a heritage classroom and exhibition space.
📉 From 1,200 Students to Today
從1,200人到今日
At its peak the school enrolled roughly 1,200 students across 24 classes, a scale that reflects how far the district's farming population has since declined.
A century tracing Houbi's rice-farming arc.
As one of Houbi's oldest schools, Ansi Elementary's century-plus history traces the arc of the district's rice-farming communities from the Japanese colonial era to today — from its 1914 founding in a borrowed temple with four students, through a peak enrollment of 1,200 that reflected a booming farm population, to the smaller, quieter campus it is now as that population has aged and moved away.
Find the school.
731 Houbi District, Tainan City, Taiwan (Chang'an Village)
731台南市後壁區長安里5號
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