A rice-village school with a wall worth a detour.
Dayu Elementary became an independent school on April 1, 1951, growing out of a branch of Yuli Elementary known as "光復分校," and took its current name in 1968. At its peak, the school had 12 classes and 459 students; enrollment is much smaller today. Around 2022, Dayu completed a distinctive makeover of its campus wall and window lintels, depicting "44 giant books" along the school's perimeter — a whimsical touch that has turned into a minor local landmark in this rice-farming village.
大禹國小於民國40年(1951年)4月1日由玉里國小的「光復分校」獨立設校,並於民國57年(1968年)確立現名。全盛時期曾有12班、459名學生,如今規模已縮小許多。約於2022年,學校完成校園圍牆與窗楣的特色改造,沿圍牆繪製「44本巨型書」意象,為這個稻米之鄉的小村莊增添一處小小的地方地標。
What makes this school worth knowing.
📚 A Wall of Giant Books
44本巨型書牆
The school's perimeter wall and window lintels were redecorated around 2022 with 44 oversized book illustrations, turning a routine maintenance project into a charming local attraction.
📉 A School That Has Shrunk With the Village
從全盛12班到今日小校
From a peak of 12 classes and 459 students, Dayu's enrollment has dropped sharply, reflecting rural depopulation trends common across Taiwan's farming towns.
🌾 Rooted in the Rice Fields
花東縱谷稻作村莊
Located in Dayu village along the Hua-Tung Valley, the school's community identity is closely tied to the surrounding rice-growing landscape.
A landmark grown from a paint job.
Dayu village sits within Yuli Township 玉里鎮, a rice-farming and hot-springs town in Hualien's Hua-Tung Valley near the Tropic of Cancer. The school's giant-book wall mural has become a small-town landmark tied directly to Yuli's agrarian identity, drawing the occasional passerby to snap a photo along an otherwise quiet village road.
Find the school.
No. 225, Dayu, Yuli Township, Hualien County, Taiwan
花蓮縣玉里鎮大禹里225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 Dayu Elementary and would like to correct or expand this page, please contact us.