From a language training center to a national environmental school.
Da'an Elementary traces its roots to 1931, when it began as a Japanese-era "national language training center" during the colonial period. It was formally reorganized as an elementary school in 1968. The school built a strong reputation for environmental education, winning Taiwan Province's top environmental-protection school award in 1995 and being named one of the nation's top-10 environmental schools in 1996. Today it runs tea-arts classes in partnership with local tea producers, tying the school directly to Zhushan's hillside tea-growing heritage.
大鞍國小的歷史可追溯至日治時期1931年（昭和6年）設立的「國語練習所」，於民國57年（1968年）正式改制為國民小學。學校在環境教育方面表現優異，曾於民國84年（1995年）榮獲台灣省環保績優學校首獎，並於民國85年（1996年）獲選為全國十大環保學校之一。如今學校與在地茶農合作，開設茶藝課程，將教育與竹山山區的製茶傳統緊密結合。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏆 A Top-10 National Environmental School
全國十大環保學校
Da'an won Taiwan Province's top environmental-protection school award in 1995 and was named one of the nation's top-10 environmental schools in 1996.
🍵 Tea-Arts Classes With Local Growers
與茶農合作茶藝課程
The school runs tea-ceremony classes in partnership with local tea producers, connecting students directly to Zhushan's hillside tea-farming heritage.
🇯🇵 Roots in the Japanese Colonial Era
日治時期國語練習所
The school's history stretches back to 1931, when it began as a Japanese-era "national language training center," before being reorganized as an elementary school in 1968.
🍃 Amid Shanlinxi's Tea Gardens
杉林溪茶園環繞
Set among Zhushan's famed hillside tea gardens near the Shanlinxi forest area, Da'an's setting shapes both its environmental focus and its tea-arts curriculum.
Among the tea gardens of Shanlinxi.
Da'an Elementary sits amid Zhushan's famed hillside tea gardens near Shanlinxi, and its signature tea-ceremony classes directly connect students to the township's tea-farming heritage — a tradition the school also honors through its award-winning environmental education program. See the Nantou county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 21, Zhuliao Ln., Zhushan Township, Nantou County, Taiwan
南投縣竹山鎮竹寮巷21號
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