A small mountain school with a big reading reputation.
Qingshan Elementary was founded in 1927 under Japanese colonial rule as the "Samohai Educational Institute" (サモハイ教育所). It was renamed Shamo National Elementary School after the war, then took its present name, Qingshan, in 1983 when the surrounding village was itself renamed. Today it is a small Paiwan tribal village school with fewer than 100 students, located along the scenic, mountain-hugging Yanshan Highway in the northern reaches of Pingtung's mountain belt. The school has won the Ministry of Education's Reading "Pinnacle School" (閱讀磐石學校) award as well as the Indigenous/Local Education Contribution Award.
青山國小創立於1927年日治時期，原名「サモハイ教育所」，戰後更名為「沙漠國民小學」，於民國72年（1983年）隨村名改為「青山」而更為現名。學校位於沿山公路旁，是屏東北部山區一所學生人數不到百人的排灣族部落小校，曾榮獲教育部「閱讀磐石學校」獎項及本土教育貢獻獎的肯定。
What makes this school worth knowing.
📖 A "Pinnacle School" for Reading
閱讀磐石學校
Qingshan Elementary has been honored with the Ministry of Education's Reading "Pinnacle School" (閱讀磐石學校) award, a notable achievement for a small rural village school.
🏆 Recognized for Local Education
本土教育貢獻獎
The school has also received the Indigenous/Local Education Contribution Award, reflecting its work integrating Paiwan cultural content into everyday learning.
🛣️ On the Yanshan Highway
沿山公路旁
Located along the scenic Yanshan Highway that traces the mountain edge of northern Pingtung, the school occupies a quietly picturesque spot in the Paiwan foothills.
A Paiwan village at the mountain's edge.
Qingshan Elementary sits within Sandimen's mountain belt, a Paiwan tribal region shaped by traditional slate-house settlement patterns and mountain agriculture. Its long history — dating back to a Japanese-era educational institute nearly a century ago — mirrors the layered history of the Paiwan villages of the Sandimen highlands, where old place names, colonial-era institutions, and post-war renamings have all left their mark on the landscape.
Find the school.
No. 9, Minzu Ln., Qingshan Village, Sandimen Township, Pingtung County 901, Taiwan
屏東縣三地門鄉青山村民族巷9號
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