Named for the spring that feeds the basin.
Shuiyuan Elementary School was founded in 1918 during the Japanese colonial era as a branch of Tamsui Public School. Its name — "Shuiyuan," meaning "water source" — reflects its location near a mountain spring feeding the wider Tamsui watershed. The campus sits on the third ridge of Tamsui's "Five Tigers Ridge" beneath Datun Mountain, and today the school operates an open, citywide enrollment policy.
水源國小創校於日治時期1918年，原為淡水公學校分校。校名「水源」取自校址鄰近的山泉，是淡水盆地水系的重要源頭之一。校園座落於大屯山下「五虎崗」第三崗，現為開放全市學童跨學區報名的學校。
What makes this school worth knowing.
💧 Named for a Water Source
因水源得名
The school's name reflects its siting near a mountain spring that feeds the broader watershed supplying the Tamsui basin.
🐯 On the Third Tiger Ridge
五虎崗第三崗
The campus sits on the third of Tamsui's five namesake ridges ("Five Tigers Ridge"), a series of hills beneath Datun Mountain that shape the town's historic topography.
🌍 Open to Students Citywide
全市跨學區報名
Shuiyuan operates an open, citywide enrollment policy, drawing students from beyond its immediate neighborhood.
On one of the five tiger ridges.
Shuiyuan's ridge is one of the five "tiger ridges" that fan out from Datun Mountain toward the Tamsui River, a distinctive local landform that has shaped the town's historic street layout since the Qing dynasty. See the New Taipei county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 15, Sec. 2, Beixin Rd., Shuiyuan Village, Tamsui District, New Taipei City 251, Taiwan
新北市淡水區水源里北新路二段15號
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