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Lienchiang County Jie-Shou Junior High & Elementary School

連江縣立介壽國民中小學

A combined K-9 school that began as a literacy class of 30 children taught by a garrison commander, writing in sand with bamboo sticks.

源自駐軍長官召集30名孩童、以竹枝在沙地習字的「山隴識字班」,如今發展為國中小一貫學校。

Founded1949 (民國38年)
Grades1–9 · Combined School
TypePublic School
LocationNangan Township, Lienchiang County
No independent bilingual website yet
About · 學校簡介

From a sand-and-bamboo literacy class to a full K-9 school.

Jie-Shou Junior High & Elementary School began in 1949 as an informal "Mountain Ridge Literacy Class," when a local military commander organized about 30 children aged 11 to 12, teaching them to write by scratching characters into sand with bamboo sticks. The class moved through several improvised venues — including an old street theater stage and residential space — before being formally established as "Jieshou National Elementary School" in 1952. The school merged with the high school's junior division in 1976 to form its current combined junior-and-elementary structure, added a kindergarten in 1991, and transitioned to an integrated preschool in 2012.

介壽國民中小學源自民國38年(1949年)的「山隴識字班」,由駐軍長官召集約30名11、12歲的孩童,以竹枝在沙地上習字。識字班歷經多次遷移,曾借用舊街戲台及民宅上課,至民國41年(1952年)才正式設立為「介壽國民學校」。民國65年(1976年)與高中部國中部合併,形成今日國中小一貫的學制,民國80年(1991年)增設幼稚園,民國101年(2012年)轉型為附設幼兒園。

Highlights · 學校特色

What makes this school worth knowing.

✍️ Born From a Literacy Class in the Sand

沙地習字的起點

The school's origin story is unusually vivid: a garrison commander teaching around 30 local children to write characters in sand with bamboo sticks, years before any formal classroom existed.

🏛️ A Long Road to a Permanent Home

歷經多次遷址

Before its 1952 formal establishment, the school met in an old street theater stage and borrowed residential space — a testament to the resourcefulness of Matsu's earliest educators.

📚 A Combined K-9 Campus Since 1976

1976年整併國中小

The school merged with the high school's junior division in 1976, forming the combined junior-and-elementary structure it retains today, later adding kindergarten and preschool programs.

Local Culture · 在地文化

A school literally founded by the garrison.

🎖️

This school offers one of Matsu's most vivid examples of military-founded education: a garrison commander personally organizing local children into a literacy class in the early post-war years, teaching them with bamboo sticks in sand for lack of paper and pencils. It is a direct window into how Matsu's frontline garrison shaped daily life on the islands. See the Matsu county page for more on the region.

Visit · 資訊

Find the school.

No. 13, Jieshou Village, Nangan Township, Lienchiang County, Taiwan
連江縣南竿鄉介壽村13號

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Last updated: July 2026 · Content adapted and condensed from the school's official Chinese-language website by the Taiwan Bilingual Hub team, not yet reviewed by the school. If you're from Lienchiang County Jie-Shou Junior High & Elementary School and would like to correct or expand this page, please contact us.