A century of school life on a changing island.
Lyudao Elementary opened on May 1, 1921, as "Fire-Burned Island Public School" — "Fire-Burned Island" (火燒島) being Green Island's old name under Japanese rule. It opened modestly, with just two classes and 85 students. The school was renamed multiple times through the decades before settling on its current name in 1968. Its old Japanese-era school building and artifacts have since been documented in Taiwan's National Cultural Memory Bank, preserving a physical record of the island's earliest formal education.
綠島國小於大正10年（1921年）5月1日創校，初名「火燒島公學校」——「火燒島」為綠島在日治時期的舊稱。創校之初僅2班、85名學生，規模小巧。歷經數次更名，於民國57年（1968年）定為現名。日治時期的舊校舍與文物已收錄於台灣「國家文化記憶庫」，為全島最早的正式教育留下實體見證。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏫 A School Older Than "Green Island" Itself
創校時綠島仍稱「火燒島」
When the school opened in 1921, the island was still known as "Fire-Burned Island" (火燒島) — the name "Green Island" (綠島) came later, making the school older than the island's modern name.
📜 Documented in the National Memory Bank
收錄於國家文化記憶庫
The school's old Japanese-era building and artifacts have been documented in Taiwan's National Cultural Memory Bank, preserving a physical record of Green Island's earliest schooling.
🌱 A Humble Start, a Century of Growth
從2班85人起步
Opening with just two classes and 85 students in 1921, the school has continued operating for over a hundred years, educating generations of Green Island's small population.
Through the island's many transformations.
As one of the island's two elementary schools, Lyudao Elementary has educated Green Island's small population through the island's many transformations — from Japanese colonial outpost, to Cold War-era detention island, to today's scuba diving and hot springs tourist destination. See the Taitung county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 3, Zhongliao Village, Lyudao Township, Taitung County, Taiwan
台東縣綠島鄉中寮村3號
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