Founded on temple grounds, named for the district.
Longshan Elementary School was founded on April 1, 1919, as Bangka No. 2 Public School (艋舺第二公學校), with its earliest classes held on the grounds of Bangka's Zushi Temple (艋舺祖師廟, formally Qingshui Zushi Temple), one of Bangka's "Three Great Temples." In 1922 the school was renamed Longshan Public School (龍山公學校) — taking the "Longshan" name from the surrounding district, though it was founded at Zushi Temple rather than at Longshan Temple itself. It became Longshan National School in 1941, took its current name, Longshan National Elementary School, in 1968, and was reorganized as "Taipei Municipal Wanhua District Longshan National Elementary School" after the 1990 Taipei district boundary reorganization. Founded directly on the grounds of one of Bangka's historic temples, Longshan Elementary has about as literal a tie to old Monga's religious and community life as a school can have.
龍山國小創立於大正8年（1919年）4月1日，初名「艋舺第二公學校」，最早的課程借用艋舺「三大廟」之一的祖師廟（清水祖師廟）廟埕上課。1922年更名為「龍山公學校」——校名取自所在地區「龍山」之名，但校址其實創立於祖師廟，而非龍山寺本身。1941年再更名為「龍山國民學校」，1968年定名為「龍山國民小學」，1990年臺北市行政區調整後，正式定名為「臺北市萬華區龍山國民小學」。由於直接創校於艋舺歷史廟宇的廟埕上，龍山國小與老艋舺的信仰與社區生活可說有著最直接的連結。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🛕 Founded on Zushi Temple's Grounds
創校於祖師廟廟埕
The school's very first classes in 1919 were held on the grounds of Zushi Temple, one of Bangka's "Three Great Temples" — a direct, physical link between the school and the district's religious life.
🏷️ A Name Borrowed from the District
龍山之名源自地區
When the school was renamed Longshan in 1922, it took the name from the surrounding Longshan district rather than from Longshan Temple itself, where the school was not actually founded — a distinction worth knowing.
🏫 A Century-Old Wanhua Institution
逾百年萬華老校
Founded in 1919 and renamed several times through Taiwan's changing eras, Longshan Elementary has served generations of families in Wanhua for more than a century.
Born on the grounds of a Bangka temple.
Longshan Elementary was founded directly on the grounds of Zushi Temple (祖師廟), one of the "Three Great Temples" of old Bangka (艋舺), also known as Monga — about as literal a tie to old Monga's religious and community life as a school can have. Note that despite the school's name, it was not founded at Longshan Temple (龍山寺) itself, which remains a short distance away as Bangka's other great spiritual landmark, alongside the traditional herbal shops of Herb Lane (青草巷). Together these sites map the deep, temple-centered fabric of old Bangka that this school grew directly out of.
Find the school.
No. 235, Sec. 3, Heping W. Rd., Wanhua District, Taipei City, Taiwan
臺北市萬華區和平西路三段235號
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