Breathing nature amid rail and mist.
Zhonghe Elementary was founded in 1934, during the Japanese colonial era, and sits at Fenqihu (奮起湖) — the famous historic station along the Alishan Forest Railway. The school describes its own setting with the tagline "immersed among railroad and mist, breathing nature," and today it is recognized as a character-education featured school, with an attached kindergarten and an active reading-promotion program.
中和國小創立於民國23年（1934年）日治時期，座落於阿里山森林鐵路上著名的歷史站點——奮起湖。學校以「倘佯在鐵道和雲霧之中，呼吸大自然」自我定位，現為「品德教育特色學校」，設有附設幼兒園，並推動「悅閱中和」閱讀計畫。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🚂 A Station-Side School
車站旁的學校
Zhonghe sits directly at Fenqihu, the scenic mid-point of the Alishan Forest Railway, giving students a daily backdrop of mist, forest, and passing trains.
🌟 A Character-Education School
品德教育特色學校
The school is recognized as a "character-education featured school," building its curriculum around values education alongside reading and disaster-prevention training.
📖 Reading Among the Clouds
悅閱中和
Its "悅閱中和" reading-promotion program encourages a love of books, paired with strong environmental and disaster-prevention education suited to its mountain setting.
Fenqihu, the railway's misty heart.
Fenqihu is the scenic mid-point hub of the Alishan Forest Railway, famous for its mist-shrouded old streets, cedar forests, and century-old lunchbox culture. Zhonghe Elementary's identity is inseparable from this mountain railway village. See the Chiayi county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 215, Fenqihu, Zhonghe Village, Zhuqi Township, Chiayi County 604, Taiwan
60497 嘉義縣竹崎鄉中和村奮起湖215號
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