A school built as a language-policy instrument.
Taipei Mandarin Experimental Elementary School was founded in 1913 under Japanese rule as the third elementary school attached to the Governor-General's Taipei Normal School. In May 1946, shortly after Taiwan's retrocession, it was repurposed and renamed "Experimental Elementary School Attached to the Committee for the Promotion of Mandarin" — an institution created specifically to promote Mandarin ("國語") education across newly-retroceded Taiwan. The school came under Taipei City governance and took its current name in 1967. It sits in the South Sea Academy area, sharing an address block with Chien Kuo High School's neighborhood.
國語實小創立於大正2年（1913年）日治時期，原名「臺灣總督府台北師範學校第三附屬小學校」。台灣光復後不久，於民國35年（1946年）5月改制更名為「臺灣省國語推行委員會附設實驗小學」，成為專為推行「國語」教育而設立的實驗學校。1967年改隸臺北市政府並定名為現名。本校位於南海學園一帶，與建國高中相鄰。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🗣️ Born as a Language-Policy Tool
推行國語的實驗學校
Unique among nearby schools, this campus was repurposed in 1946 specifically as an experimental school for promoting Mandarin ("國語") education across newly-retroceded Taiwan.
🏛️ Over a Century of History
逾百年校史
Founded in 1913 under Japanese rule, the school has operated continuously through Taiwan's colonial era, postwar transition, and municipal reorganization in 1967.
📍 Part of the South Sea Academy Area
南海學園一帶
The school shares its South Sea Academy neighborhood address block with Chien Kuo High School, placing it among a cluster of Japanese-era education and culture institutions.
An artifact of postwar Sinicization policy.
The school's founding purpose — teaching Mandarin ("國語") as the new official language after 1945 — makes it a direct artifact of Zhongzheng District's role as the administrative center that carried out Taiwan's postwar Sinicization policy. See the Taipei county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 58, Nanhai Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan
100台北市中正區南海路58號
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