An auspicious name for a growing district.
Wufu Elementary was approved for establishment on March 25, 1975, and formally opened on August 1 of that year. Its name, "五福" — the "Five Blessings" — draws on one of Chinese culture's most auspicious traditional naming motifs, a choice shared by schools and neighborhoods across the Chinese-speaking world.
五福國小於民國64年（1975年）3月25日奉准設立，同年8月1日正式成立。校名「五福」取自中華文化中極具吉祥意涵的傳統意象，這樣的命名方式在華人社會的學校與地名中相當常見。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🍀 An Auspicious Name
吉祥的「五福」校名
"五福" ("Five Blessings") is a traditional Chinese auspicious motif, giving the school a name meant to convey good fortune for its students.
📅 A Mid-1970s Founding
1975年創校
Approved in March and opened in August of 1975, Wufu Elementary is part of the wave of schools built to serve Fongshan's growing population in that decade.
🏫 A Distinctly Named Institution
與同名學校明確區隔
Though its name is shared by other schools elsewhere in Taiwan, this Fongshan-based Wufu Elementary is a confirmed, distinct institution in its own right.
An auspicious motif in local schooling.
"五福" ("Five Blessings") is an auspicious traditional Chinese naming motif, reflecting a long-standing cultural preference for hopeful, fortune-invoking names in schools and communities alike. See the Kaohsiung county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 145, Fude St., Fongshan Dist., Kaohsiung City 830, Taiwan
高雄市鳳山區福德街145號
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