Built with army engineers, visited by a president.
Dongyin Junior High & Elementary School was founded in August 1952 as "Dongyong Elementary School" in Nan'ao's Zhongliu Village, under the administration of Luoyuan County, Fujian, with classes held in three borrowed civilian houses and taught by just five teachers. In 1956, the year Matsu's military governance began, the school was renamed "Dongyin(guo) Elementary School" and transferred to Lienchiang County jurisdiction. A new school building was completed in 1959 with the help of a military engineering corps, facilitated by the Dongyin Garrison Commander. The elementary and middle school divisions formally merged in 1961 to implement nine-year compulsory education, and a kindergarten was added in 1980. Historical photos document a 1952 visit to the school by Chiang Kai-shek.
東引國民中小學創校於民國41年（1952年）8月，初名「東湧國民學校」，位於南澳中柳村，隸屬福建省羅源縣管轄，借用三間民房作為教室，僅有五位教師任教。民國45年（1956年），也就是馬祖實施軍管之年，學校更名為「東引（國）國民學校」，並改隸連江縣。民國48年（1959年），在東引守備區指揮官的協助下，由陸軍工兵部隊協力完成新校舍。民國50年（1961年）配合九年國民義務教育，國小部與國中部正式合併，民國69年（1980年）增設幼稚園。校史照片記錄了民國41年（1952年）蔣中正總統蒞校視察的畫面。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏗️ Built by Army Engineers
陸軍工兵協建校舍
The school's 1959 building was completed with direct help from a military engineering corps, personally facilitated by the Dongyin Garrison Commander — a vivid example of the garrison shaping daily infrastructure on the island.
🎖️ A 1952 Visit From Chiang Kai-shek
蔣中正總統蒞校視察
The school's own historical photos document a visit by Chiang Kai-shek in 1952, its founding year — a striking marker of how closely tied Dongyin's remote schoolhouse was to the highest levels of wartime command.
🏠 Started in Three Borrowed Houses
借用民房三間開課
Classes began in 1952 in three borrowed civilian houses with only five teachers, on Matsu's northernmost and most remote inhabited island.
🪖 Renamed at the Dawn of Military Rule
軍管元年更名改隸
The 1956 renaming and transfer to Lienchiang County jurisdiction happened in the exact year Matsu's wartime military administration began.
Perhaps Matsu's most vividly military-tied school.
This school's founding, construction, and even a 1952 visit by Chiang Kai-shek are directly tied to Matsu's military garrison system, making it perhaps the most explicitly "frontline military history" school in the archipelago — built with army engineering-corps labor and administered through the wartime command structure that governed Dongyin, Matsu's northernmost outpost. See the Matsu county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 94, Zhongliu Village, Dongyin Township, Lienchiang County (Matsu) 212, Taiwan
連江縣（馬祖）東引鄉中柳村94號
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