The northernmost hamlet's school.
Beilin Elementary opened in September 1958 as a branch of Darong National School, becoming independent in 1961 and taking its current name in 1968. The school sits in one of three hamlets that made up the Japanese-era "Rintian" (林田) immigrant farming village, named simply for being the northernmost of the three. Today it carries an Indigenous-focus designation, with Truku, Amis, and Bunun students together making up about 45% of enrollment as of 2024 — a striking multi-tribal mix for a small rural school.
北林國小創立於民國47年（1958年）9月，最初為大榮國校分校，1961年獨立設校，並於民國57年（1968年）確立現名。學校座落於日治時期「林田」移民村三個聚落之一，因位居最北端而得名。現為原住民重點學校，截至2024年太魯閣族、阿美族與布農族學生合計約占全校45%——對一所鄉村小校而言，這樣的多族群組成相當引人注目。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🧭 Named for Its Position
因方位得名
Beilin ("north forest") takes its name from being the northernmost of three hamlets in the Japanese-era Rintian immigrant farming village.
🪶 Three Indigenous Communities, One School
三族群共學
Truku, Amis, and Bunun students together make up about 45% of enrollment — an unusually diverse Indigenous mix for a single rural elementary school.
🌱 Descended From a Japanese-Era Village
源自日治移民村
The school is a direct descendant of Fenglin's Japanese-era Hakka and Japanese immigrant farming village system, now serving a very different, Indigenous-majority community.
From Japanese farming hamlet to Indigenous community.
Beilin traces its roots to the Japanese-era Rintian (林田) immigrant farming village, one of several such settlements established across Fenglin Township in the early 1900s. The community it serves today looks very different — a mix of Truku, Amis, and Bunun families — showing how the same land has passed through very different chapters of Hualien's history.
Find the school.
No. 32, Pingyuan Rd., Beilin Village, Fenglin Township, Hualien County, Taiwan
花蓮縣鳳林鎮北林里平園路32號
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