Where modern schooling began in Toucheng.
Toucheng Elementary opened in 1898 as a branch of the Yilan Japanese-Language Training Institute (宜蘭國語傳習所頭圍分教場), becoming independent that same year as Touwei Public School (頭圍公學校) — making it the very first modern school established in Toucheng. Renamed multiple times over the following decades, the school relocated to its current site in Wuying Village in 1948 and today sits near Toucheng Old Street, carrying more than 125 years of continuous history.
頭城國小創立於民國前14年（1898年），最初為宜蘭國語傳習所頭圍分教場，同年獨立設校，改名頭圍公學校，是頭城地區最早設立的現代化學校。歷經數十年間多次更名，民國37年（1948年）遷至現址武營里，鄰近頭城老街，迄今已有超過125年的悠久歷史。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏫 Toucheng's First Modern School
頭城首所現代化學校
Opening in 1898, this was the very first modern school established anywhere in Toucheng, predating every other school in the township.
📜 Over 125 Years of History
逾125年校史
Through repeated renamings across changing eras, the school has maintained a continuous educational presence in Toucheng for well over a century.
🏮 Steps From Toucheng Old Street
鄰近頭城老街
Since relocating to Wuying Village in 1948, the school has sat close to Toucheng Old Street, one of the town's most historic commercial districts.
The gateway through which education entered Yilan.
As the very first modern school established in Yilan's oldest Han settlement town, this school embodies Toucheng's role as the historical gateway through which Han civilization and formal education first entered Yilan.
Find the school.
Kailan Rd., Toucheng Township, Yilan County, Taiwan
宜蘭縣頭城鎮開蘭路282號
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