Jiali's oldest school, born inside Jinluan Temple.
Jiali Elementary is the earliest school established in the Jiali area, founded in 1897 and renamed Xiaolong Public School that October. It moved to its current site in 1940, becoming Jiali West National School in 1941, Jiali National School from 1946 to 1947, and taking its current name in 1968. Classes were originally held in the back hall of Jinluan Temple (金唐殿) — the temple most associated with Jiali's King Boat Festival tradition — before the school moved to a permanent campus. Today it is the elementary school with the most students in Tainan's Xibei (溪北) region, with roughly 1,271 students across 55 classes.
佳里國小是佳里地區設立最早的學校，創立於明治30年（民國前15年，1897年），同年10月改稱「蕭壠公學校」。民國29年（1940年）遷至現址，民國30年（1941年）改稱「佳里西國民學校」，民國35至36年（1946-1947年）改稱「佳里國民學校」，民國57年（1968年）改為現名。創校初期借用金唐殿後殿上課——金唐殿正是佳里王船祭（刈香）信仰的重要廟宇。目前全校約1,271名學生、55班，是臺南溪北地區學生數最多的國小。
What makes this school worth knowing.
⛩️ Founded Inside Jinluan Temple
創校於金唐殿
Classes were originally held in the back hall of Jinluan Temple, physically intertwining the school's history with Jiali's famous King Boat Festival heritage site.
👥 The Largest School in Xibei
溪北地區學生數最多
With roughly 1,271 students across 55 classes, Jiali Elementary is currently the largest elementary school in Tainan's Xibei (溪北) region.
📜 Jiali's Oldest School
佳里最早設立的學校
Founded in 1897, it is the earliest school established in the Jiali area, predating every other school in the district.
Jiali, market town of the coastal plain.
Jiali Elementary's history is physically intertwined with Jinluan Temple (金唐殿), one of the Tainan coastal plain's most important Wangye "King Boat Festival" temples, where the school's very first classes were held. The wider district's identity is also shaped by Siraya Pingpu ancestor-spirit (阿立祖) worship in surrounding hamlets such as the former Fanzailiao (番子寮). See the Tainan county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 445, Gongyuan Rd., Jiali District, Tainan City 722010, Taiwan
722010 臺南市佳里區公園路445號
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