Nearly 80 years of history before the school existed.
Longshan Junior High School opened on August 1, 1977, but its campus site carries a much longer history. Under the Qing dynasty it served as a Bangka garrison drill ground, and in 1898 it became the Japanese colonial government's Police and Prison Officers' Training Institute — at the time the only whitewashed-exterior official building in Taipei. The academy's original gate posts still stand on Guangzhou Street, inscribed with characters from the Japanese poem "Umi Yukaba." The first phase of the current school's construction, completed in April 1977, added 68 general classrooms and 12 specialty rooms; a second phase in 1980 added another 32 classrooms.
龍山國中創立於民國66年（1977年）8月1日，但校地本身承載著更長遠的歷史。清代此處為艋舺練兵場，1898年日治時期改建為警察官及獄吏訓練所，是當時臺北唯一一棟白牆外觀的官方建築。訓練所原有的門柱至今仍矗立於廣州街上，刻有日本詩歌〈海行かば〉的字句。現今校舍第一期工程於1977年4月完工，興建普通教室68間、專科教室12間；第二期工程於1980年完成，再增建32間教室。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏯 A Qing-Dynasty Drill Ground
清代練兵場舊址
Before it was a school, the site served as a Qing-dynasty garrison drill ground for Bangka — the earliest documented use of the land, tying the campus directly to the district's original military and administrative role.
🚔 A Japanese Police Training Institute
警察官及獄吏訓練所
In 1898 the site became the colonial government's Police and Prison Officers' Training Institute, then the only whitewashed official building in Taipei — its original gate posts still stand on Guangzhou Street today.
📜 A Poem Carved in Stone
刻有詩句的門柱
The surviving gate posts bear inscribed characters from "Umi Yukaba," a Japanese poem — a small but striking physical trace of the site's colonial-era history still visible from the street.
Bangka's original center of law and order.
Longshan Junior High's nearly 80 years of pre-school history — first as a Qing military drill ground, then a Japanese police academy — ties it directly to Bangka (艋舺)'s role as Taipei's original administrative and law-enforcement center. This history sits alongside Bangka's better-known spiritual heart, Longshan Temple (龍山寺) (from which the school takes its name) and the nearby Herb Lane (青草巷), together forming the full picture of old Monga: a settlement that governed, healed, and worshipped within a few short streets of each other.
Find the school.
No. 46, Nanning Rd., Wanhua District, Taipei City, Taiwan
臺北市萬華區南寧路46號
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