A school renamed four times, remembered for a pickle barrel.
Peiwen Elementary School's documented history begins in 1940, when it relocated to its current site as "Madou West Public School" (麻豆西公學校); an earlier, independent founding date has not been confirmed in available records. The school was renamed several times afterward: Madou West National School (1941), Madou No. 2 National School (1946), Madou Township Peiwen National School (1947), and finally Peiwen Elementary School in 1968. In 2020, Peiwen built a widely photographed "giant pickled-vegetable barrel" (大鹹菜桶) themed playground commemorating Madou's historic role as a center of Taiwanese pickled-mustard (鹹菜) production, complete with a terrazzo slide shaped like a barrel, a climbing wall, and a rope net, plus an on-campus "pickled-vegetable culture zone" featuring real oversized wooden barrels.
培文國小的可考校史始於民國29年（1940年），當時遷至現址並定名「麻豆西公學校」；更早的獨立創校年份於現有資料中尚未證實。此後歷經多次更名：麻豆西國民學校（1941年）、麻豆第二國民學校（1946年）、麻豆鄉培文國民學校（1947年），最終於民國57年（1968年）定名為培文國小。2020年，培文國小打造了廣受矚目的「大鹹菜桶」主題遊戲場，紀念麻豆作為台灣鹹菜醃製重鎮的歷史，設有仿鹹菜桶造型磨石子溜滑梯、攀爬牆與繩網，並附設「鹹菜文化區」，展示真實的大型木製醃缸。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏫 A History Documented Since 1940
校史可考自1940年
Peiwen's records begin in 1940, when it relocated to its current site as "Madou West Public School" — an earlier founding date has not yet been confirmed.
🏛️ Renamed Four Times
四度更名
The school carried the names Madou West National School, Madou No. 2 National School, and Madou Township Peiwen National School before settling on Peiwen in 1968.
🛝 A Giant Pickled-Vegetable-Barrel Playground
大鹹菜桶主題遊戲場
Built in 2020, the playground features a barrel-shaped slide, climbing wall, and rope net, celebrating Madou's mustard-pickling heritage.
🥬 A Pickled-Vegetable Culture Zone
鹹菜文化區
The campus includes a dedicated cultural display of real oversized wooden pickling barrels, connecting students directly to a local food tradition.
Madou's other food heritage.
Peiwen's signature playground directly commemorates Madou's lesser-known identity — alongside its famous pomelos — as a historic hub of pickled-mustard-green (鹹菜) production, a concrete and non-generic tie between the school and its local food heritage. See the Tainan county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 11, Lin 3, Heping Rd., Xingnong Village, Madou District, Tainan City 721008, Taiwan
721008臺南市麻豆區興農里3鄰和平路11號
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