Founded by soldiers fleeing the mainland, named for a statesman.
Jingheng Junior High & Elementary School was founded in 1950 as "Baiquan Elementary School," when military personnel — following the fall of Changle County in Fujian to mainland forces — established a three-classroom school on Baiquan Island. It was renamed "Wuhang Central Civil School" in 1953 under the newly formed county government, then transferred to Lienchiang County administration in 1957 when Matsu came under military governance, at which point a junior high division was added and the school took the name "Jingheng," honoring republic-era statesman Wu Jingheng. The junior high and elementary divisions were officially merged in 1974 under nine-year compulsory education, and a kindergarten was added in 1986 and modernized in 2013.
敬恆國民中小學創校於民國39年（1950年），初名「白肯國民學校」，當時福建長樂縣淪陷，隨軍撤退的軍民在白肯島上創辦了一所三班制的學校。民國42年（1953年）在新成立的縣政府之下更名為「五鄉中心國民學校」，民國46年（1957年）馬祖實施軍管，改隸連江縣政府，同時增設國中部，並以民國元老吳敬恆先生之名，更名為「敬恆」。民國63年（1974年）配合九年國民義務教育，國中部與國小部正式合併，民國75年（1986年）增設幼稚園，民國102年（2013年）完成現代化整建。
What makes this school worth knowing.
⚓ Founded by Soldiers Fleeing the Mainland
軍民隨軍撤退創辦
The school's origin is directly tied to the Chinese Civil War: it was founded in 1950 by military personnel who had just fled the fall of Changle County in Fujian, building a three-classroom school from scratch on Baiquan Island.
📛 Named for a Republic-Era Statesman
紀念元老吳敬恆
The school's current name honors Wu Jingheng, a prominent early-republic statesman, adopted when a junior high division was added under Lienchiang County administration in 1957.
🪖 Reorganized at the Start of Military Rule
軍管時期改制
The school's transfer to Lienchiang County jurisdiction in 1957 coincided precisely with the beginning of Matsu's wartime military governance, tying its institutional history to the region's frontline era.
Born from war, shaped by military governance.
This school was founded directly by military personnel fleeing the fall of Changle County during the Chinese Civil War, and its later reorganization into a junior-and-elementary school coincided exactly with the start of Matsu's military governance in 1957 — a direct product of the frontline war history that defines the Matsu archipelago. See the Matsu county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 18, Qingfan Village, Juguang Township, Lienchiang County (Matsu) 21141, Taiwan
連江縣（馬祖）莒光鄉青帆村18號
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