Named for Yanshui's own crescent harbor.
Yuejin Elementary opened on April 1, 1944, as "Yanshui East National School's Southern Branch." It became independent on February 1, 1946, as "Yanshui Town's Fourth National School" under first principal Cai Shenjin, was renamed "Yuejin National School" on February 13, 1947, and took its current name, Yuejin National Elementary School, on August 1, 1968. The school is roughly 80 years old today. Its northern A-block campus buildings were rebuilt and reinforced following earthquake damage, with the reconstruction design deliberately incorporating local cultural and historical motifs.
月津國小創立於民國33年（1944年）4月1日，最初為「鹽水東國民學校南分教場」，民國35年（1946年）2月1日獨立設校，定名「鹽水鎮第四國民學校」，首任校長為蔡伸金，民國36年（1947年）2月13日更名「月津國民學校」，民國57年（1968年）8月1日改為現名「月津國民小學」。學校創校至今約80年。校內北棟A校舍因地震受損後重建補強，設計上刻意融入在地文化與歷史意象。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏮 Named After Yanshui's Old Name
校名源自「月津」
The school is named directly after Yuejin, the historic Qing-era name for Yanshui itself, tying its identity to the town's oldest chapter of history.
🏗️ Rebuilt with Local Heritage in Mind
融入地方文化意象的重建校舍
After earthquake damage, the campus's north A-block was rebuilt with a design that deliberately incorporates local cultural and historical motifs.
🎉 Nearly 80 Years Old
創校近80年
Tracing back to a 1944 branch school, Yuejin Elementary has served the community for roughly 80 years under several names.
The town once called "月津."
"Yuejin" (crescent harbor) is Yanshui's own old Qing-era name, referring to the crescent-shaped Yuejin Port that once made the town Taiwan's fourth-busiest port, per the old saying "first Tainan, second Lukang, third Bangka, fourth Yuejin" — before the harbor silted up and the town's commercial importance faded. The modern Yuejin Port Lantern Festival, held annually since 2012, revives that old place name, and this school carries it forward in its own everyday name.
Find the school.
No. 16, Yuejin Rd., Qiaonan Village, Yanshui District, Tainan City 737, Taiwan
737 台南市鹽水區橋南里月津路16號
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