A century of schooling in the mountains.
Wenshui Elementary is the oldest school in Taian Township, founded in 1917 during the Japanese colonial era (Taisho 6). The school celebrated its centennial in 2017, and its campus today covers approximately 21,131 square meters. Like many schools in the region, it has been renamed several times over the decades to match successive changes to county and township names, but has continuously served the Atayal community of Taian throughout.
汶水國小是泰安鄉歷史最悠久的學校，創立於日治大正6年（1917年），並於2017年舉辦建校百週年慶祝活動。校地面積約21,131平方公尺。如同區域內許多學校，汶水國小歷經數次更名，反映了縣、鄉行政區劃的歷史變遷，但始終持續服務泰安鄉的泰雅族社區。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏛️ Taian's Oldest School
泰安鄉歷史最悠久
Founded in 1917, Wenshui is the oldest school in Taian Township, having marked its 100th anniversary with a centennial celebration in 2017.
🗺️ A Name That Changed With the Times
校名歷經多次更迭
The school has been renamed several times through history, each change tracking shifts in county and township administrative boundaries and names.
🏔️ A Century-Spanning Campus
逾百年校地
The roughly 21,131-square-meter campus has grown and evolved across more than a hundred years, anchoring generations of Atayal families in Taian.
A century of Atayal community history.
As Taian Township's oldest school with roots in a 1917 Japanese-era indigenous education center, Wenshui Elementary embodies over a century of Atayal community history in the mountain township — Miaoli's only mountain indigenous district. See the Miaoli county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
Taian Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan
36541苗栗縣泰安鄉錦水村4鄰12號
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