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Yudong Junior High School

玉東國民中學

A small-town junior high whose student-built furniture — carrying Indigenous motifs — has been exhibited in Taipei.

小鎮國中學生親手打造的家具,融入原住民圖騰意象,作品曾在台北華山展出。

Founded1968
Grades7–9 · Junior High
TypePublic School
LocationSongpu, Yuli Township, Hualien County
No independent bilingual website yet
About · 學校簡介

A woodworking program that reached Taipei.

Yudong Junior High was founded in 1968 on land donated by local notable Xiao Yin-cai, and today it is nationally famous for a single, remarkable program: student woodworking. Started in 2008 by teacher Wang Chia-na, a two-time gold medalist in international skills competitions, the class has grown far beyond a standard shop elective. Students design and build genuine furniture that blends modern craftsmanship with Indigenous — largely Amis — artistic motifs, and their work has been exhibited at Huashan 1914 Creative Park, one of Taipei's leading arts and culture venues.

玉東國中創立於民國57年(1968年),校地由地方仕紳蕭應財捐贈。如今學校以一項特色課程聞名全台——木工班。木工班於民國97年(2008年)由曾兩度榮獲國際技能競賽金牌的王嘉納老師創立,早已超越一般工藝選修課的規模。學生設計並親手打造真正的家具作品,融合現代工藝與原住民(多為阿美族)藝術圖騰,作品曾於台北華山1914文化創意產業園區展出。

Highlights · 學校特色

What makes this school worth knowing.

🪵 A Woodworking Class With National Fame

聞名全台的木工班

Started in 2008 by a two-time international skills-competition gold medalist, Yudong's woodworking class has become one of Taiwan's most recognized junior-high craft programs.

🖼️ Furniture Exhibited in Taipei

作品登上華山1914

Student-made furniture has been exhibited at Huashan 1914 Creative Park in Taipei, an extraordinary showcase for work made by junior high students in a small rural town.

🎨 Design Rooted in Indigenous Motifs

融入原住民圖騰的設計

The furniture blends modern design with Indigenous, largely Amis, artistic motifs, connecting a craft skill to the cultural identity of the surrounding Hua-Tung Valley.

Local Culture · 在地文化

Craft born from limited resources.

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Yudong Junior High sits in the Songpu area of Yuli Township 玉里鎮, a rice-farming and hot-springs town in Hualien's Hua-Tung Valley. The woodworking program channels the town's rural, resource-limited setting into a genuinely nationally recognized craft pathway — proof that a small-town junior high can produce work exhibited in Taiwan's capital.

Visit · 資訊

Find the school.

No. 39, Songpu, Songpu Village, Yuli Township, Hualien County, Taiwan
花蓮縣玉里鎮松浦里松浦39號

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Last updated: July 2026 · Content adapted and condensed from the school's official Chinese-language website by the Taiwan Bilingual Hub team, not yet reviewed by the school. If you're from Yudong Junior High and would like to correct or expand this page, please contact us.