A school built by farmers, one plot at a time.
Qingpu Elementary began on September 1, 1950, as "民雄國校菁埔分班," a branch class of Minsyong National School, expanding to full branch-school status in 1951 as enrollment grew, before officially becoming independent as "菁埔國民學校" on August 1, 1964, under its first principal, Guo Zhangfeng. The school has a notable grassroots founding story: local village head Ho Shui-chun (何水圳) organized community fundraising, with households contributing NT$260 per unit of farmland they cultivated to purchase over 0.7 hectares of school land. Today the school's recorder ensemble has won county-level "優等" honors for ten consecutive years, including first place for the last four, and it also offers a soccer club, children's art class, English program, dance club, and food/agricultural education programs.
菁埔國小始於民國39年(1950年)9月1日成立的「民雄國校菁埔分班」,隨著學生人數增加,於民國40年(1951年)升格為完整分校,最終於民國53年(1964年)8月1日獨立設校為「菁埔國民學校」,首任校長為郭章豐。學校有一段動人的草根創校故事:地方村長何水圳號召居民集資,依耕地面積每單位捐款260元,購得逾0.7公頃校地。如今學校的直笛團已連續十年榮獲縣賽優等,其中近四年更蟬聯冠軍,並設有足球社、兒童美術班、英語課程、舞蹈社及食農教育課程。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🎵 A Decade-Champion Recorder Ensemble
直笛團十年優等
The school's recorder ensemble has won county-level "優等" honors for ten consecutive years, including first place for the last four years running.
🌾 Built by Farming Households
農戶集資興建
Village head Ho Shui-chun organized community fundraising scaled to cultivated farmland, allowing local households to purchase over 0.7 hectares of school land themselves.
⚽ A Well-Rounded Club Program
多元社團課程
Beyond music, students can join a soccer club, children's art class, English program, and dance club, giving the school a broad extracurricular offering.
🍚 Food and Agricultural Education
食農教育
Dedicated food/agricultural education programs connect students directly to the farming heritage that funded the school's very foundation.
A school built from the land itself.
Like Songshan Elementary, Qingpu's founding was funded directly by local farming households — contributions scaled to cultivated land area — a striking example of Minsyong's agrarian community, famous for peanut farming, literally building its own school from the ground up. See the Chiayi County page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 130-3, Qingpu Village, Minsyong Township, Chiayi County 621, Taiwan
621嘉義縣民雄鄉菁埔村130-3號
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Last updated: July 2026 · Content adapted and condensed from the school's official Chinese-language website by the Taiwan Bilingual Hub team, not yet reviewed by the school. If you're from Qingpu Elementary and would like to correct or expand this page, please contact us.