Built so children wouldn't have to walk so far.
Xinsheng Elementary began in 1951 as a branch classroom of Wanxing National School, set up for children in old Zhaojia village who found the journey to school too difficult. It was upgraded to a branch school in 1956, then became an independent school in 1959 as Xinsheng National School, opening with eight classes. Its earliest buildings were wood-framed, later modernized with reinforced concrete construction starting in 1979.
新生國小的前身，是民國40年（1951年）為方便舊趙甲地區學童就近上學而設立的萬興國小分班教室。民國45年（1956年）升格為分校，民國48年（1959年）獨立設校，定名「新生國民學校」，創校時設有8個班級。早期校舍為木造建築，自民國68年（1979年）起陸續改建為鋼筋混凝土建築。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🐘 The Elephant Slide of 1959
1959年大象溜滑梯
When the school became independent in 1959, local residents pitched in to build an elephant-shaped slide on campus by hand — it still stands today as a beloved piece of school heritage.
📖 "Elephant Reborn" Identity
象由新生 · 福象愛閱圖書館
The community-built elephant slide inspired the school's own identity, "象由新生" (a play on the school's name), and gave its library its name, "福象愛閱" (Lucky Elephant Loves Reading).
🚶 Founded for the Long Walk
為解決通學路遠而設立
The school exists because local families in old Zhaojia needed somewhere closer than Wanxing National School — a grassroots origin still remembered in the school's history today.
🧱 From Wood to Concrete
校舍現代化歷程
The school's original wooden buildings were gradually replaced with reinforced concrete construction beginning in 1979, marking its steady modernization over the decades.
A slide built by hand, remembered for generations.
In 1959, residents of the Zhaojia community came together to build an elephant-shaped slide on the new school's grounds — a genuine piece of grassroots local heritage that still stands today and continues to shape the school's identity and library name. See the Changhua county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 59, Zhenping Ln., Erlin Township, Changhua County 526, Taiwan
彰化縣二林鎮趙甲里鎮平巷59號
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