Renamed at the dawn of Matsu's military governance.
Dongguang Elementary School traces its roots to "Fuzheng National School," established in 1951 alongside "Daping National School" to cover education for the villages of Dongju Island. In 1956, the year military administration was implemented across Matsu, the school was renamed "Dongquan Elementary." It relocated and was renamed again as "Daping Elementary" in 1963, with facilities expanding by 1970 to meet rising enrollment. The school took its current name, Dongguang Elementary School, in January 1974.
東莒國民小學前身為民國40年（1951年）設立的「福正國民學校」，與「大坪國民學校」共同負責東莒島的教育。民國45年（1956年），也就是馬祖實施軍管的那一年，學校更名為「東莒國民學校」。民國52年（1963年）遷址並再度更名為「大坪國小」，民國59年（1970年）因學生人數增加而擴建校舍。民國63年（1974年）1月，學校正式定名為現今的「東莒國民小學」。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🪖 Renamed at the Start of Military Rule
軍管元年更名
The school's 1956 renaming to "Dongquan Elementary" happened in the exact year Matsu's wartime military administration began — a direct marker of the island's frontline history.
🏝️ Serving a Small Island Community
服務東莒島社區
Originally paired with a sister school to cover Dongju Island's villages, the school has long served one of Matsu's smallest and most remote island communities.
📈 Growing Through Several Names
歷經多次更名
From "Fuzheng National School" in 1951 through "Dongquan," then "Daping," and finally "Dongguang" in 1974, the school's changing names trace the evolving administration of Matsu itself.
A name change that marks a turning point.
The school's 1956 renaming explicitly followed the imposition of Matsu's wartime military administration, tying its institutional history directly to the island's Cold War frontline governance — one of several Matsu schools whose very name changes chart the region's transformation under military rule. See the Matsu county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 4, Daping Village, Juguang Township, Lienchiang County, Taiwan
連江縣（馬祖）莒光鄉大坪村4號
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