One of Taipei's oldest schools, reborn as a senior high.
Chengyuan Senior High traces its lineage to a study group founded in 1897 under the Japanese Government-General's civil affairs bureau, making it one of the oldest schools in Taipei — its name comes from Xunzi's line "積水成淵，蛟龍生焉" ("where waters gather into a deep pool, dragons are born"), and its badge uses the Kan (water) trigram from the Bagua. The school moved to its present Shuanglian site in 1952 as a junior high, added a senior-high division in 1955, then operated purely as a junior high from 1961 to 1996 after a provincial policy shifted its senior-high students to Cheng Kung Senior High. It was reorganized back into a senior high in 1996, and its comprehensive-high track was phased out in 2017, leaving it a standard senior high school today.
成淵高中校史可追溯至1897年（明治30年）在台灣總督府民政部門下成立的研修會，是台北歷史最悠久的學校之一——校名取自《荀子・勸學篇》「積水成淵，蛟龍生焉」，校徽則以八卦坎卦（水）為標誌。1952年遷至現今雙連校址，以國中身分辦學，1955年增設高中部；1961年因省府政策，高中部學生併入成功高中，此後長達35年僅辦理國中教育，直到1996年（民國85年）才重新改制為高中，並附設綜合高中課程。2017年（民國106年）取消綜合高中學程，成為今日單純的高級中學。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🐉 A Name from Xunzi
校名典出《荀子》
"成淵" is drawn from Xunzi's "Encouraging Learning" chapter — "where waters gather into a deep pool, dragons are born" — and the school badge uses the Kan (water) trigram from the Bagua as its emblem.
🏛️ Over a Century of History
逾百年校史
The school's roots trace to a 1897 study group founded under the Japanese Government-General's civil affairs bureau, making it one of Taipei's oldest continuously operating schools.
🔄 A School Reborn
浴火重生
After operating purely as a junior high from 1961 to 1996, the school was reorganized back into a senior high, dropping its comprehensive-high track in 2017 to become a standard senior high.
Beside Dadaocheng and the Confucius Temple.
Chengyuan sits near Dadaocheng and the Taipei Confucius Temple / Wenchang Temple area, tying the school's century-plus history to Datong District's identity as Taipei's oldest settled district and historic tea-trading quarter. Generations of students have studied within walking distance of the old street's Qing-era merchant houses and the incense of its temple courtyards.
Find the school.
No. 235, Sec. 2, Chengde Rd., Datong District, Taipei City, Taiwan
臺北市大同區承德路二段235號
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