Grown from a branch campus into an independent school.
Jingliao Junior High began in 1975 as a branch campus of Houbi Junior High in Changduanshu Village, initially borrowing classrooms at Jingliao Elementary School. It moved into its own partially completed campus the following year and became a fully independent school in 1979 as "Tainan County Jingliao Junior High School." Its home village sits directly adjacent to Jingliao — the rural community made internationally known by the 2004 documentary "Let It Be" (無米樂).
菁寮國中民國64年（1975年）創立，初為後壁國中分校，借用菁寮國小教室上課，隔年遷入尚未完工的自有校舍，民國68年（1979年）獨立設校，定名「臺南縣菁寮國民中學」。校址所在的長短樹里緊鄰菁寮，正是紀錄片《無米樂》所描繪的知名稻作社區。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🌾 At the Heart of "Let It Be" Country
位處《無米樂》故鄉
Sits in Changduanshu Village, directly adjacent to Jingliao, where elderly farmers were famously filmed continuing traditional rice cultivation.
🏫 From Borrowed Classrooms to Its Own Campus
從借教室到自有校舍
Opened in 1975 borrowing classrooms at Jingliao Elementary, moved into its own partially built campus in 1976, and became fully independent in 1979.
🌱 A School for a Small Farming Community
服務小型農村社區
Originated as a satellite of Houbi Junior High, reflecting the sparse, farming-village population of the area it still serves today.
Neighboring the "Let It Be" village.
Jingliao Junior High serves the Jingliao (菁寮) community at the heart of "Let It Be" (無米樂) country, where the 2004 documentary famously followed elderly farmers continuing traditional, low-mechanization rice cultivation. The school's own roots as a borrowed-classroom branch campus mirror the same story of a small farming community building its institutions from scratch.
Find the school.
731 Houbi District, Tainan City, Taiwan (Changduanshu Village)
73147臺南市後壁區長短樹里8鄰長短樹8-3號
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