Taichung First Senior High School

Taichung First Senior High School was founded in 1915 through the collective effort of prominent Taiwanese Han gentry families, who petitioned and raised funds by public subscription to establish the first secondary school in Taiwan built specifically to educate Taiwanese students under Japanese colonial rule — at a time when secondary education was otherwise reserved mainly for the children of Japanese settlers. Known island-wide simply as "Taichung First" (台中一中), the school has grown over more than a century into Taiwan's single most prestigious public boys' senior high school. Its long-standing presence has also given its name to the bustling "Yizhong Shopping District" (一中商圈) that surrounds the campus today.

臺中一中創立於1915年（大正4年），由台灣仕紳集資，透過公開募款方式爭取設立全台第一所專為台灣人子弟設立的中學校，打破當時中等教育多半保留給日籍子弟的限制。百餘年來，臺中一中已成為全台公立高中男校的翹楚，普遍被稱為「台中一中」。校名也延續至今，成為校園周邊繁華「一中商圈」的名稱由來。