Postwar roots, and a modern test of resilience.
Cianjhen Elementary School was founded in February 1947, just two years after the end of Japanese rule in Taiwan, under its first principal, Chen Huoyan, in the Xijia (西甲) area of the district. The school relocated to its current site in December 1953. In 1993, a China Petroleum Corporation underground oil pipeline ruptured near the campus, requiring two years of environmental remediation — an episode that remains part of the school's, and the district's, modern history.
前鎮國小創立於民國36年（1947年）2月，正值日治結束僅兩年之際，首任校長為陳火炎，創校地點位於前鎮西甲地區，民國42年（1953年）12月遷至現址。民國82年（1993年）中國石油公司地下油管於校園附近破裂，其後歷經兩年整治復原，成為學校與地方現代記憶的一部分。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏫 One of Cianjhen's Oldest Schools
前鎮歷史最悠久學校之一
Founded in February 1947, just two years after the end of Japanese rule, Cianjhen Elementary is among the district's earliest postwar schools.
🛢️ Recovering From a 1993 Pipeline Rupture
走過1993年油管破裂事件
A nearby oil-pipeline rupture in 1993 required two years of environmental remediation, a chapter the school and community worked through together.
🏘️ Founded in the Xijia Hamlet
創校於西甲聚落
The school traces its origin to Xijia (西甲), one of Cianjhen's historic hamlets, before relocating to its current site in 1953.
Founded at the close of an era.
Cianjhen Elementary's February 1947 founding, in the historic Xijia (西甲) hamlet, places it right at the start of Taiwan's postwar period — making it one of the earliest threads in the district's modern educational history. See the Kaohsiung county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 200, Xinsheng Rd., Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
高雄市前鎮區新生路200號
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