From borrowed classrooms to a namesake honoring a martyr.
Zhongzheng Junior High & Elementary School was founded in 1950 as "Matsu National School," beginning with just six classes in borrowed facilities under its first principal, Zhu Jinhua, alongside branch schools scattered across several villages. In 1966 the school was renamed to honor Chen Qingchou, a martyr born in Lienchiang who took part in the 1911 Guangzhou (Yellow Flower Mound) uprising. A junior high division was added in 1970 at the school's current site in Matsu Village, and in 1974 the school was consolidated into its present unified junior-and-elementary structure as part of Taiwan's nine-year compulsory education reform.
中正國民中小學創校於民國39年（1950年），初名「馬祖國民學校」，草創時期僅有六個班級，借用場地上課，首任校長為朱錦華，並在多個村落設有分校。民國55年（1966年）為紀念連江籍烈士陳清疇（曾參與1911年廣州黃花崗起義）而更名。民國59年（1970年）於現址馬祖村增設國中部，民國63年（1974年）配合九年國民義務教育政策，整併為現今的國中小一貫學制。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🎖️ Named for a Revolutionary Martyr
紀念烈士陳清疇
The school's 1966 renaming honors Chen Qingchou, a Lienchiang-born martyr who participated in the historic 1911 Guangzhou uprising — a name carried by the school to this day.
🏫 Rooted in Matsu's Earliest Schooling
馬祖最早期教育之一
Founded in 1950 as "Matsu National School," the school began with just six borrowed classrooms and branch schools across multiple villages, forming part of the region's earliest post-war education network.
📖 A Combined K-9 Campus
國中小一貫學制
A junior high division was added in 1970, and the school was consolidated in 1974 into today's combined elementary-and-junior-high structure serving Matsu Village.
Growing up through Matsu's military-administration years.
The school's early growth through branch schools scattered across village communities took place during Matsu's Cold War frontline era, when the archipelago was governed under military administration. Its 1966 renaming to honor a local revolutionary martyr further ties its institutional identity to the region's history of struggle and remembrance. See the Matsu county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 4, Matsu Village, Nangan Township, Lienchiang County, Taiwan
連江縣（馬祖）南竿鄉馬祖村4號
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