From "Horie" canal town to a protected Health Building.
Shuangyuan Elementary School was founded on April 1, 1936, as Horie Public School (臺北堀江公學校), named for the canal and waterway area of Wanhua's low-lying riverside district that the Japanese called "Horie" (堀江). It was renamed Horie National School in 1941, then Taipei City Shuangyuan District Shuangyuan National School after Taiwan's 1945 retrocession, and finally Shuangyuan National Elementary School in 1968. The school opened a special-education class for students with intellectual disabilities in 1965, an early example of such programming in the district. Its Japanese-era "Health Building" (健康樓) was designated a Taipei municipal historic building in October 2019, preserving a physical link to the school's colonial-era origins.
雙園國小創立於昭和11年(1936年)4月1日,初名「臺北堀江公學校」,「堀江」之名源自萬華低窪河濱地帶的水道區域。1941年更名為「台北堀江國民學校」,1945年臺灣光復後改為「臺北市雙園區雙園國民學校」,1968年定名為「雙園國民小學」。學校於1965年開設「啟智班」,是本地區較早設立特殊教育班級的學校之一。校內日治時期興建的「健康樓」已於2019年10月獲指定為臺北市市定古蹟,保存了學校殖民時期起源的實體見證。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏛️ A Protected Health Building
市定古蹟健康樓
The campus's Japanese-era "Health Building" was designated a Taipei municipal historic building in October 2019, a preserved architectural link to the school's 1936 founding.
💧 Named for a Canal District
「堀江」水道之名
The school's original name, Horie (堀江), referred to the canal and waterway area of Wanhua's low-lying riverside district — a direct link to the area's old water-trade geography.
🤝 An Early Special-Education Class
1965年啟智班
Shuangyuan opened a special-education "啟智班" class in 1965 for students with intellectual disabilities, an early example of such programming in the district.
The old canal geography of Wanhua.
Shuangyuan Elementary's original Japanese name, Horie (堀江), referred to the canal and waterway area of Wanhua's low-lying riverside district — a direct link to the area's old water-trade geography, born from the same riverside commerce that built Bangka (艋舺), also known as Monga. Bangka's historic core, centered on Longshan Temple (龍山寺) and the adjoining Herb Lane (青草巷), remains the spiritual and commercial heart that this old canal district once helped supply.
Find the school.
No. 315, Juguang Rd., Wanhua District, Taipei City, Taiwan
臺北市萬華區莒光路315號
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