Taipei Private Yan Ping High School

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Taipei Private Yan Ping High School (simplified Chinese: 台北市私立延平高级中学; traditional Chinese: 臺北市私立延平高級中學; pinyin: Táiběi Shì Si Lì Gao Gí Zhong Xúe) .The campus is located in the Da-an District in Taipei, Taiwan. It is considered a top school amongst Taipei's and even Taiwan's high schools.

[edit] History

Badgets in celebration of the 60th anniversary

[edit] The Beginning

Soon after the end of World War II and the Japanese colonial period, Mr. Zhu Zhao-yang (朱昭陽), who was serving in Ōkura-shō, the present Ministry of Finance of Japan, and Lawyer Song Chin-ying (宋進英) came back to Taiwan in hope to improve the education environment of their very own motherland.

The two planned to establish a "University" and—on the suggestion of the invited chair, Mr. Lin Xian-tang (林獻堂)—named the institution "Yan Ping", a dedication to the famous general of Ming Dynasty, Koxinga (鄭成功).

The school started operation as a college with only two departments—Economics and Law. The opening ceremony was held on the campus of Kainan Commercial High School on October 10, 1946, and there was only a small electric bulb used for lighting. The then eleven hundred students were attentively listening to Mr. Zhu's speaking under the moonlight:

"In this chaotic and dismal time, we have to offer this society a slight ray of hope, and we have to be like the glittering light of the luminous firefly found only in a very harsh region of the world."

It came to be known as Taiwan's First college, founded by its own people.

[edit] Affection of the 228 Incident

Just after the first semester on February 27, during the winter vacation, the shocking 228 Incident happened. And the school was soon shut down by the government with the reason of hiding weapons.

[edit] The Regeneration

Some years later, the original founders actively searched for the revival of the school and their great efforts finally won the trust of the government to allow the school to re-open in September 1948, under the name of Yan Ping Complementary Night High School, using the classrooms of Ximen Elemetary School. Although its social position is lower than that of a college, most people regarded it as the revival of Yan Ping College and its spirit. They hired many well-known professors in that time, including the former President of Taiwan, Lee Tenghwei (李登輝).

[edit] The Palace Above the Water

In 1953, the school moved to present location of Chien-gou S. Road and completed the construction of a new education building with only two stories high. The school was surround by water fields, so many gave it a nickname of "The Palace Above the Water".

The school had a huge problem on enrolling new students in the beginning. They could only make up one single class at the first 5 years, then expanded into 3 per year. The number of students increased from three hundred to three thousand. However, most of them came here because of the failure on entry exam(the social position of private schools is far lower than the publics in Taiwan).

From 1968, Taiwan started the 9-year compulsory education system, which gave Yan Ping a total new hope. There are no more differences between public junior high school and the private. More parents were willing to send their child here to receive education. The newcomers of junior high department did very well on the three-year-later high school entry exam.

[edit] The First Private High

In 1979 established the "direct-promoted class", which means students can study here for entire 6 years without any other additional entry exam. The percentage of seniors entering National University rose substantially. Yan Ping became one of the top 15 high schools throughout the nation, also the first place among all the private high schools.

Now, the recruit procedure are totally self-operated. Students should go with the score identification of Basic Competence Test (國民中學基本學力測驗). There are still many students came here because the result on the exam was not as good as expected. It's still somehow similar to "the shlter of failures". The campus has been re-build several times and the school contains 4 buildings today.

[edit] The Flag

[edit] School Song

School Song, Yan Ping High School

Lyric/LI, Yun (粟耘) Melody written/WEI,shi-wen (魏士文)

Traditional Chinese

延平郡王鄭成功
我校精神法其風
承先啟後先生志
誠正勤樸學子崇
立 足 在 鄉 園
放 眼 是 大 千
延 平 延 平 延平
杏 壇 有 延 平
麗 日 正 當 中
麗 日 正 當 中

Hanyu Pinyin

Yán Píng Jùn Wáng Zhèng Chéng Gōng
Wǒ Xìao Jīng Shén Fǎ Qí Fēng
Chén Xīan Qǐ Hòu Xīan Shēng Zhì
Chéng Zhèng Qíng Pú Xúe Zǐ Cóng
Lì Zú Zài Xīang Yúan
Fàng Yǎn Shì Dà Qīan
Yán Píng Yán Píng Yán Píng
Xìng Tán Yǒu Yán Píng
Lì Rì Zhèng Dāng Zhōng
Lì Rì Zhèng Dāng Zhōng

Literal Translation in English

Prince of Yanping ,Zheng Chenggong,
The spirit that we(our school) all follow,
Carry on the heritage and open up the future in remember of your aspiration,
honesty, Justice, diligence, and frugality are what cause our adoration,
Base ourself upon our hometown,
View the world with vision and all the heart,
YanPing YanPing YANPING,
There's a school called YanPing,
The Sun is now shining,
The Sun is now shining.

• Online hearing

(Please note that there hasn't been any official edition of English translation about the song)

[edit] Publications

The Traditional Chinese publications Yanpinger (延平人) and YanPing Youth (延平青年) is written by students of "YanPing Youth Club"(延平青年社). There is also an English Biomonthly called The Firefly edited mainly by the 11-grade students.

[edit] Students' Club

Students do have after-class activities. However, the choices aren't many, and there's also some limit. The Foreign Language Centre do provide several language classes. Students can attend the class instead of joining any club. Languages taught are English, Japanese, and French.

[edit] Notable Yanpingers

[edit] Politician

• Pan, Wei-gong
• Zheng, Yun-pong
• Zhou, shou-xuan

[edit] Director

• Nien-Jen Wu

[edit] Singer

• Freddy Lin (Lead vocals of Chthonic)
• Devon (Known as "Bullet Head" in Taiwan, the member of Nan Quan Mama)

[edit] References

• History, About Yan Ping, Yan Ping High School(English)

[edit] External links

1. Yan Ping High School http://www.yphs.tp.edu.tw/ (English) (Traditional Chinese)