Born in the retrocession era.
Shuntian Elementary School was founded in 1946, in the immediate aftermath of Taiwan's retrocession, using leftover buildings from Dajia Elementary School. Originally named "Dajia Third National School," it embodies the rapid expansion of Chinese-medium public schooling that swept Dajia in the years right after 1945.
順天國小創立於民國35年（1946年），是台灣光復後不久，利用大甲國小的舊校舍設立，原名「大甲第三國民學校」。學校的誕生，見證了1945年後大甲地區中文公學教育迅速擴張的歷程。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏗️ Built From Borrowed Buildings
利用舊校舍創立
Shuntian Elementary opened in 1946 using leftover buildings from Dajia Elementary School, a common practice as postwar Taiwan rapidly expanded public schooling.
📜 Originally "Dajia Third National School"
原名大甲第三國民學校
The school's original name reflects the sequential numbering used as Dajia's public school system expanded rapidly right after 1945.
🇹🇼 A Product of the Retrocession Era
見證光復後教育擴張
Its 1946 founding places Shuntian squarely within the wave of new Chinese-medium schools established across Taiwan in the immediate postwar years.
Born in the retrocession era.
Shuntian's 1946 founding, using borrowed buildings from Dajia Elementary, places it within the wave of new Chinese-medium schools that opened across Taiwan in the years immediately following the 1945 retrocession. See the Taichung county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 168, Jingguo Rd., Dajia District, Taichung City, Taiwan
臺中市大甲區經國路168號
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