A small campus with a strong bow arm.
Xilin Elementary is one of the smallest schools in Wanrong Township, with just six classes and around 65 students. Despite its size, the school has built a distinctive identity around traditional archery, maintaining an active archery team alongside its academic programs. It also takes part regularly in Indigenous-language word competitions and English-language contests, giving students in this small Truku village exposure well beyond the classroom.
西林國小是萬榮鄉規模最小的學校之一，全校僅6班、約65名學生。儘管規模不大，學校仍發展出以「傳統射箭」為特色的活動，長期維持一支活躍的射箭隊，並積極參與原住民族語單字競賽與英語競賽，讓這個太魯閣族小部落的孩子有機會接觸更寬廣的舞台。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏹 A Traditional Archery Team
傳統射箭隊
Xilin maintains a traditional archery team, connecting students to a skill long practiced by Truku hunters and passed down through generations.
🗣️ Truku Language in Daily Life
族語單字競賽
Students take part in Indigenous-language word competitions, reinforcing everyday use of Truku alongside Mandarin and English.
🌍 Small School, Big World
積極參與英語競賽
Despite its small enrollment of roughly 65 students, Xilin actively enters English-language competitions, balancing cultural roots with outward-looking ambition.
A Truku village in the foothills.
Xilin Village lies within mountainous Wanrong Township 萬榮鄉, a Truku Indigenous community along Hualien's Central Mountain Range. The school's archery team reflects a hunting tradition still valued across Wanrong's Truku villages, even as daily life has changed with the times.
Find the school.
No. 114, Neighborhood 8, Xilin Village, Wanrong Township, Hualien County 97942, Taiwan
97942花蓮縣萬榮鄉西林村8鄰114號
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