From water-bamboo fields to Jingmei's first junior high.
Jingmei Junior High School was founded in 1968 as the first public junior high school in the Jingmei area, created to meet Taiwan's new nine-year compulsory education reform. Construction began in April 1968, and a four-story building was substantially complete by late August — classes started in early September the same year.
The school was built on what had been low-lying, flood-prone land historically used to grow water bamboo (筊白筍) along the Jingmei River floodplain. Former neighbors on the site included an early apartment block and a chemical factory, since redeveloped into Jingxing Park and the Minsheng Market building.
景美國中創立於1968年（民國57年），為景美地區第一所公立國中，因應九年國民義務教育改革而設立。1968年4月動工，四層樓校舍在8月底已大致完工，同年9月初即開學上課。
校地原為景美溪畔低窪易淹水之地，昔日種植茭白筍。周邊曾有早期公寓與一間化工廠，如今已改建為景興公園與民生市場大樓。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏗️ Built in a Single Summer
一個暑假完成建校
Construction began in April 1968 and the four-story campus was substantially complete by late August — classes began just days later, in early September.
🌾 From Water-Bamboo Fields
昔日茭白筍田
The campus sits on land once used to grow water bamboo along the flood-prone Jingmei River floodplain, before the area urbanized into Wenshan's commercial core.
🥇 Jingmei's First Public Junior High
景美第一所公立國中
Established specifically to meet the nine-year compulsory education reform, this was the first public junior high school in the Jingmei area.
🏙️ A Transformed Neighborhood
蛻變的周邊街廓
Former neighbors on the site — an early apartment block and a chemical factory — have since been redeveloped into Jingxing Park and the Minsheng Market building.
Jingmei's agricultural past.
Jingmei Junior High's origin story is tied directly to Jingmei's agricultural past along the Jingmei River floodplain, when water-bamboo fields covered the land, long before the area urbanized into Wenshan's commercial core.
Find the school.
No. 27, Jingzhong St., Wenshan Dist., Taipei
臺北市文山區景中街27號
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