A school that began inside a temple.
Dawan Elementary was founded in April 1918 as a branch of Puchiangtou (埔姜頭) Public School, serving the Dawan and Taizimiao areas. Its original campus was borrowed space inside the Dawan Guanghu Temple (大灣廣護宮) — a working example of how temples served as makeshift schoolhouses during the Japanese colonial era. The school became fully independent in April 1921, when Puchiangtou Public School was renamed Yongkang Public School and its Dawan branch was spun off. Today the school holds AA-level web accessibility certification.
大灣國小創立於大正7年（1918年）4月，最初為埔姜頭公學校分校，服務大灣、太子廟一帶學童。創校初期借用大灣廣護宮辦學，是日治時期廟宇作為臨時校舍的典型例子。1921年4月，埔姜頭公學校更名為永康公學校，大灣分校隨之獨立設校。學校目前擁有AA級網站無障礙認證。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏛️ Born Inside a Temple
廟宇辦學起源
The school's original campus was borrowed space inside the Dawan Guanghu Temple, a direct example of how temples served as makeshift schoolhouses in the Japanese colonial era.
♿ AA-Level Accessibility Certification
AA級無障礙認證
The school holds AA-level web accessibility certification, reflecting attention to inclusive design in its public-facing services.
📜 Independence in 1921
1921年獨立設校
The school became fully independent in April 1921, when its parent school, Puchiangtou Public School, was renamed Yongkang Public School and spun off the Dawan branch.
Temples as the first schoolhouses.
The temple-as-schoolhouse origin at Guanghu Temple is a direct link to the folk-religion infrastructure that anchored community life in Yongkang's rural villages before formal school buildings existed. See the Tainan county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 283, Dawan Rd., Yongkang District, Tainan City 710, Taiwan
臺南市永康區大灣路283號
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