More than a century of schooling that began in a temple.
Jiaxing Elementary was established on March 10, 1916 as a branch of Madou Public School, with classes beginning a month later inside Yingding Jiafu Temple (營頂佳福寺). It became an independent school, Jiali-xing Public School, in 1918, and went through multiple renamings in 1941, 1946, 1947, and 1953 before becoming Tainan County Jiali Town Jiaxing Elementary School in 1968 and adopting its current name in 2010. Over a century of continuous operation, the school has tracked Taiwan's political history through more than half a dozen official name changes.
佳興國小創立於大正5年(民國5年,1916年)3月10日,最初為麻豆公學校之分校「麻豆公學校佳里興分校」,同年4月10日於營頂佳福寺開課。民國7年(1918年)獨立設校,定名「佳里興公學校」,其後於1941、1946、1947、1953年歷經多次更名,民國57年(1968年)改稱「臺南縣佳里鎮佳興國民小學」,2010年改為現名。建校逾百年,歷經六次以上的正式更名,見證了台灣政治歷史的變遷。
What makes this school worth knowing.
⛩️ Classes That Began in a Temple
佳福寺開課起家
The school's first classes in 1916 met inside Yingding Jiafu Temple, a common pattern for early Japanese-era rural schools in the Jiali area.
📜 Over a Century of History
逾百年校史
With continuous operation since 1916 and more than half a dozen official name changes, the school's history tracks Taiwan's shifting political eras.
🌾 A Namesake for the District
佳興地名的由來
The school's name lends itself to the surrounding Jiaxing area, which later gained its own junior high school, Jiaxing Junior High, in 1979.
Jiali, market town of the coastal plain.
Jiaxing Elementary's temple-hall origin at Jiafu Temple mirrors the founding of Jiali Elementary School itself at Jinluan Temple (金唐殿), reflecting how local temples served as the area's first schoolhouses. Jinluan Temple remains one of the Tainan coastal plain's key Wangye "King Boat Festival" sites and a center of Siraya Pingpu ancestor-spirit (阿立祖) worship in the surrounding hamlets. See the Tainan county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 636, Sec. 2, Maxing Rd., Jiahua Village, Jiali District, Tainan City 722012, Taiwan
722012 臺南市佳里區佳化里麻興路二段636號
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