A small school, a big cultural role.
Lianshi Elementary School is a small school with about 6 classes and 83 students, located in Lianshi Village, Huwei Town. Despite its size, it offers a rich array of after-school programs, including a dance club, taiko drumming club, recorder club, and — most notably — a budaixi puppet club that continues Huwei's living glove-puppetry tradition.
廉使國小是一所小型學校,約有6個班級、83名學生,位於虎尾鎮廉使里。儘管規模不大,學校提供豐富多元的課後社團活動,包括舞蹈社、太鼓社、直笛社,以及最具代表性的布袋戲社,延續虎尾鎮活生生的布袋戲傳統。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🎭 A Student Puppet Club
學生布袋戲社
Lianshi runs a budaixi puppet club for students, giving even its youngest learners a direct, hands-on connection to Huwei's most celebrated art form.
🥁 Taiko Drumming and Dance
太鼓社與舞蹈社
Alongside its puppet club, the school offers a taiko drumming club and dance club, giving students varied outlets for performance and rhythm.
🎵 A Recorder Club Too
直笛社
A recorder club rounds out the after-school offerings at this small, 83-student school, reflecting its broad commitment to music education despite limited size.
Passing puppetry to the next generation.
Lianshi's student budaixi puppet club continues Huwei's living glove-puppetry tradition — the art form for which the town is most famous nationally, alongside its sugar-refinery heritage. See the Yunlin county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 1410, Wenke Rd., Lianshi Village, Huwei Town, Yunlin County 632, Taiwan
632雲林縣虎尾鎮廉使里文科路1410號
School's Official Website (Chinese) ↗
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 Lianshi Elementary School and would like to correct or expand this page, please contact us.