A name reframing a district's identity.
Dadao Junior High opened in 1962 as Dadu District's first and, to this day, only public junior high school, having started life a year earlier as a branch of Shalu Junior High. Its name, 大道 ("Great Way"), is drawn directly from the Confucian classic Book of Rites — and doubles as a wordplay on the district's own place-name, 大肚, reframing local identity through a Confucian ideal.
大道國中創立於民國51年（1962年），是大肚區第一所、也是至今唯一的一所公立國中，前身為民國50年（1961年）設立的沙鹿國中分部。校名「大道」直接取自儒家經典《禮記》，同時也諧音自地名「大肚」，藉由儒家理想重新詮釋在地身分認同。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏫 Dadu's Only Public Junior High
大肚區唯一公立國中
The district's sole public junior high school, opened in 1962 as a branch of Shalu Junior High the year before.
📖 A Name From the Book of Rites
校名出自《禮記》
Its name, 大道 ("Great Way"), is drawn directly from the Confucian classic Book of Rites.
🔤 A Wordplay on Dadu Itself
諧音大肚→大度→大道
The name plays on the district's own place-name, 大肚, reframing local identity through a Confucian ideal.
A district's name, reimagined.
Dadao Junior High's name plays on Dadu's own place-name — 大肚 → 大度 → 大道 — reframing the district's identity through a Confucian ideal drawn from the Book of Rites. See the Taichung county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 60, Rende Rd., Dadong Vill., Dadu District, Taichung City, Taiwan
臺中市大肚區大東里仁德路60號
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