Anchoring a farmland known nationwide.
Dashan Elementary opened in 1940 as the "Waipu Public School Dashan Branch," becoming independent in 1951. In 1966, it established the Haibao (海寶) satellite campus, which itself became an independent school in 1977. Located in the coastal Wanbao area, Dashan has served this community for over 80 years — a farming area that became nationally known for its residents' activism to preserve their organic watermelon farmland against land expropriation.
大山國小創立於民國29年（1940年），創校時名為「外埔公學校大山分校」，於民國40年（1951年）獨立設校。民國55年（1966年），學校設立海寶分班，該分班於民國66年（1977年）獨立為海寶國小。大山國小座落於灣寶沿海地區，服務這個社區已超過80年——這個農村地區因當地居民為守護有機西瓜田、抵抗土地徵收而聞名全國。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🍉 Home to Nationally Known Farmland Activism
灣寶護田全國知名
The school's Wanbao community became nationally known for its farmers' resistance to land expropriation to preserve their organic watermelon farmland.
🌱 Parent of Haibao Elementary
海寶國小的前身分校
In 1966, Dashan established the Haibao satellite campus, which grew into its own independent school by 1977 — a testament to the area's expanding population.
⏳ Over 80 Years of Local Schooling
逾80年辦學歷史
From its 1940 origins as a branch campus to full independence in 1951, Dashan has continuously served this coastal farming community for more than eight decades.
Where farmers fought to save their fields.
Based in Houlong's Wanbao coastal area — nationally known for its farmers' resistance to land expropriation to preserve organic watermelon farmland — the school is tied to the township's agricultural and coastal identity. See the Miaoli county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
Houlong Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan
苗栗縣後龍鎮灣寶里7鄰下灣寶庄109號
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