One of Xigang's older village schools.
Houying Elementary's founding date is best documented as approximate: the school was established around 1912 as a branch teaching site of Madou Public School ("後營分教場"), becoming independent around 1918 as Houying Public School. This date is inferred from Madou Elementary School's own history and the school's "100th Anniversary" information page, rather than confirmed directly on Houying's own official site, so it should be treated as an estimate. As one of the older schools in Xigang, it predates the district's formal township organization and serves the Houying, Daxi, Shaoazi, and Xinliao hamlet cluster in western Xigang.
後營國小的創校年份屬於推估性質：學校前身可追溯至民國元年（1912年）設立的「後營分教場」，隸屬麻豆公學校，約於民國7年（1918年）獨立設校，定名「後營公學校」。此一年份係根據麻豆國小校史及後營國小「100週年校慶資訊網」等資料推估，並非於官網沿革頁面直接確認，應視為約略估計。本校是西港區歷史較悠久的學校之一，設校時間早於西港正式建鄉，服務範圍涵蓋後營、大西、蔦松仔、新寮等聚落。
What makes this school worth knowing.
📜 One of Xigang's Oldest Schools
西港區歷史悠久的學校
Tracing to a 1912 branch teaching site, Houying Elementary predates the district's formal township organization, making it one of the older schools in the area.
🏘️ Serving a Cluster of Rural Hamlets
服務多聚落地區
The school serves the Houying, Daxi, Shaoazi, and Xinliao hamlet cluster in western Xigang, a pattern typical of the district's dispersed farming villages.
🎋 Grown From the Madou Branch-School System
源自麻豆分教場體系
Like most Xigang village schools, Houying Elementary grew out of the Japanese-era public-school branch system radiating from the larger Madou and Xigang schools.
Xigang, home of the triennial King Boat Festival.
Like most Xigang village schools, Houying Elementary grew out of the Japanese-era public-school branch system radiating from the larger Madou and Xigang schools into the surrounding rice- and sesame-farming hamlets. The district is known nationwide for its triennial Xigang Wangye's Boat Festival (西港刈香/王船祭), centered on Qing'an Temple (慶安宮). See the Tainan county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 3, Yingxi Village, Xigang District, Tainan City 723, Taiwan
723 臺南市西港區營西里3號
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