Taiwan's westernmost elementary school.
Kunshen Elementary was founded in February 1946, in the fishing village of Qingkunshen (青鯤鯓, "Green Kunshen"). Local media report it as the westernmost elementary school on the main island of Taiwan, and its rebuilt campus features a distinctive Mediterranean-style architecture. Since 2010, its performing-arts program has shifted from a Ten-Drum (十鼓) percussion troupe to a lion-dance war-drum troupe (醒獅戰鼓團).
鯤鯓國小創校於民國35年（1946年）2月，位於漁村青鯤鯓。地方媒體報導其為台灣本島最西端的國小，重建後的校園採用獨特的地中海風格建築。自民國99年（2010年）起，學校的表演藝術社團從十鼓打擊樂團轉型為醒獅戰鼓團。
What makes this school worth knowing.
📍 Taiwan's Westernmost School
台灣本島最西端國小
Local media report Kunshen Elementary as the westernmost elementary school on Taiwan's main island, perched on the edge of the Qingkunshen sandbar village.
🏛️ A Mediterranean-Style Campus
地中海風格校園
The school's rebuilt campus stands out for its distinctive Mediterranean-style architecture, an unusual look for a small Tainan fishing-village school.
🥁 From Ten-Drum to Lion-Dance War Drums
醒獅戰鼓團
Since 2010, the school's performing-arts program has shifted from a Ten-Drum percussion troupe to a lion-dance war-drum troupe, a distinctive part of student life.
📚 Two Community Storybooks
兩本社區繪本
The school and its students have documented the local "Green Kunshen" fish-sandbar legend in two self-published community storybooks, "《青鯤鯓的時光隧道》" and "《傳說青鯤鯓》."
Named for a fish-shaped sandbar.
The surrounding village, Qingkunshen ("Green Kunshen"), is named because its offshore sandbar, seen in sunlight, resembles the body of a greenish kun-fish (鯤). Perched on this westernmost sandbar community, Kunshen Elementary has built its curriculum directly around this fish-shaped sandbar legend that gives its fishing community its name and identity, documenting it in two student-written community storybooks. See the Tainan city page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 6, Kunming Village, Jiangjun Dist., Tainan City, Taiwan
725台南市將軍區鯤溟里6號
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