A small school beside a living forest.
Luanshan Elementary was founded in 1940 under Japanese colonial rule, originally named "Nakano Aboriginal Children's Education Institute" (中野蕃童教育所). The school once operated a branch campus in a nearby bamboo forest, established in 1974 and closed in 1993, and today enrolls a small student body of roughly 31 children across six classes. It serves the Bunun community of Luanshan village, located near the well-known Luanshan Forest — a site of Indigenous land stewardship and eco-tourism developed by Bunun activist Lifok Oteng that has drawn national attention to Bunun ecological knowledge.
鸞山國小創立於1940年日治時期，最初名為「中野蕃童教育所」。學校曾於1974年在鄰近的竹林設立分校，1993年裁撤，如今全校規模不大，約6班31名學生。學校服務鸞山村的布農族部落，鄰近知名的鸞山森林——由布農族文史工作者阿力曼（Lifok Oteng）推動的原住民土地倫理與生態旅遊據點，讓布農族的生態智慧受到全國矚目。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🌳 Neighbor to the Luanshan Forest
緊鄰鸞山森林生態基地
The school sits near the Luanshan Forest, a nationally known site for Bunun land stewardship and eco-tourism, giving students an unusually direct connection to a living example of Indigenous ecological practice.
🏫 A History Stretching Back to 1940
創校可溯及日治時期1940年
Founded during the Japanese colonial era as an Aboriginal children's education institute, the school has operated continuously — aside from a since-closed bamboo forest branch campus — for over eight decades.
🌾 A True Village-Scale School
典型部落小校規模
With about 31 students across six classes, Luanshan Elementary is small enough that school and village life are closely intertwined, typical of Bunun communities across Yanping Township.
Yanping Township and the Bunun people.
Luanshan Elementary serves the Bunun community of Luanshan village, situated near the well-known Luanshan Forest, which promotes Bunun land ethics and traditional ecological knowledge to visitors from across Taiwan — a rare instance of Indigenous environmental stewardship becoming a nationally recognized destination.
Find the school.
No. 14, Neighborhood 1, Luanshan Village, Yanping Township, Taitung County, Taiwan
台東縣延平鄉鸞山村1鄰14號
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