A school born in a turbulent era.
Chenggong Elementary School was founded in 1944, during the final year of Japanese colonial rule, under the name "Gancheng National School" (干城國民學校). In a quirk of its founding, the school's opening ceremony was actually held at Xingao National School — today's Taiping Elementary School in North District — rather than on its own site. The school was renamed in 1946, shortly after Taiwan's retrocession, and moved to its present East District location in 1948. Its wartime founding and rapid postwar renaming mirror the turbulence of the 1944–1948 handover period in Taiwan's history.
成功國小創立於1944年（昭和19年），日治時期末年，原名「干城國民學校」。校史上一個特別的插曲是，該校的開學典禮竟是在他校——今日北區的太平國小前身「新高國民學校」——舉行，而非自己的校地。台灣戰後不久的民國35年（1946年），學校更名，並於民國37年（1948年）遷入今日東區現址。該校誕生於戰爭末期、又在戰後迅速更名遷校的歷程，正是1944至1948年政權交接動盪時期的縮影。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🎪 An Opening Ceremony Held Elsewhere
開學典禮借他校舉行
Chenggong Elementary's 1944 opening ceremony was actually held at another school entirely — today's Taiping Elementary — before it had its own campus ready.
🔄 Renamed Amid Retrocession
戰後更名
Founded as "Gancheng National School" in the last year of Japanese rule, the school was renamed in 1946 shortly after Taiwan's retrocession to the Republic of China.
🏫 A Campus Move in 1948
1948年遷入現址
The school moved to its present East District site in 1948, four years after its wartime founding.
⏳ A Living Record of a Turbulent Era
見證政權交接動盪
The school's rapid sequence of founding, renaming, and relocation between 1944 and 1948 mirrors the historical turbulence of Taiwan's handover period.
A small window on a turbulent handover.
Chenggong Elementary's compressed history of founding, renaming, and relocating between 1944 and 1948 offers a vivid, small-scale window into the turbulence of Taiwan's transition from Japanese colonial rule to Republic of China governance. See the Taichung county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
Near the Hanxi River (旱溪), Dong Dist., Taichung City, Taiwan — the school's precise street address was not confirmed in our source research.
臺中市東區旱溪畔（確切門牌地址待查證）
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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 Chenggong Elementary School (Dong District) and would like to correct or expand this page, please contact us.