A three-character name, and a Song Jiang troupe.
Houtougang Elementary began in 1941 as "Henan Branch School of Fanzicuo Public School," became independent as "Henan National School" in 1942, was renamed "Henan Elementary" in 1968, and then reverted to its historic hamlet name, Houtougang Elementary, in 2008 after a community petition. The school is known locally for its Song Jiang Battle Array student troupe, a martial-arts and folk-performance tradition — notable in part because Houtougang is one of the few Taiwanese schools with a three-character name. In the 114th academic year, its English Readers Theatre team won top honors with a "Snow White" production.
坔頭港國小創立於民國30年(1941年),最初為「番子厝公學校河南分教場」,民國31年(1942年)獨立設校為「河南國民學校」,民國57年(1968年)改名「河南國小」,民國97年(2008年)經社區陳情,恢復歷史聚落舊名「坔頭港國小」。學校以學生宋江陣(武術陣頭與民俗表演)聞名,也因坔頭港是全台少數採三字校名的學校而格外特別。114學年度,學校英語讀者劇場團隊更以「白雪公主」獲得特優。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🥋 A Student Song Jiang Battle Array Troupe
宋江陣
The school runs a student troupe performing the traditional Song Jiang Battle Array, a martial-arts and folk-performance form rooted in local temple culture.
🏆 English Readers Theatre Champions
英語讀者劇場特優
The school won top honors ("特優") in the 114th-academic-year English Readers Theatre competition with a production of "Snow White."
🔤 A Rare Three-Character Name
全台少數三字校名
Houtougang is one of the few schools in Taiwan whose Chinese name runs to three characters instead of the usual two, a small but distinctive quirk.
🏘️ A Name Restored by Petition
2008年恢復舊名
The school reverted to its historic hamlet name in 2008 after a community petition, restoring a piece of local identity that had been renamed decades earlier.
Echoes of a silted-up river port.
The name Houtougang ("boggy river-port head") recalls Yanshui's former waterway network from its heyday as a Qing-era river port, before sedimentation closed off its access to the sea. The 2008 restoration of that old hamlet name — after decades as "Henan Elementary" — is itself part of Yanshui's broader pattern of reclaiming its historic identity as the district works to preserve its old-town character and its famous Beehive Fireworks Festival heritage.
Find the school.
No. 202, Ditougang Village, Yanshui District, Tainan City 737, Taiwan
737 台南市鹽水區坔頭港里202號
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