Borrowed classrooms, then a home of its own.
Xiyuan Elementary School was founded on August 1, 1959, in the Jiala area of southern Wanhua near Dongyuan Street. Before it had a campus of its own, the school initially borrowed classrooms from neighboring Dongyuan Elementary School. The new campus at its current site was completed in 1961, opening with 13 classes. Since then Xiyuan has grown into an established neighborhood elementary school within Wanhua's historic riverside farmland-turned-residential district.
西園國小創立於民國48年（1959年）8月1日，座落於萬華南側加蚋仔地區、東園街一帶。建校初期尚無自有校舍，最初借用鄰近東園國小教室上課。1961年，現址新校舍落成啟用，首屆開設13班。此後西園國小逐漸發展為萬華舊時河濱農地轉型為住宅區內的一所在地小學。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏫 A Borrowed Start
借用東園國小開課
Xiyuan's earliest students attended classes borrowed from neighboring Dongyuan Elementary while its own campus was under construction — a common story among Wanhua's postwar schools.
🏗️ A 1961 Campus Opening
1961年校舍落成
The school's own campus opened in 1961 with 13 classes, marking the point where Xiyuan became a fully independent neighborhood school.
🌾 Rooted in Jiala
扎根加蚋仔地區
Located in the Jiala/Xiyuan area near Dongyuan Street, the school sits within Wanhua's historic riverside farmland-turned-residential district.
Farmland turned neighborhood, south of old Bangka.
Xiyuan Elementary sits in the Jiala/Xiyuan area near Dongyuan Street, part of Wanhua's historic riverside farmland that gradually became a residential district. Like the rest of Jiala, this area has always looked north to Bangka (艋舺)'s historic core, where Longshan Temple (龍山寺) and the traditional apothecaries of Herb Lane (青草巷) remain the district's spiritual and commercial anchors.
Find the school.
No. 65, Ln. 73, Dongyuan St., Wanhua District, Taipei City, Taiwan
臺北市萬華區東園街73巷65號
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