導賞點 5
[極神秘!]誰在森林中建溜滑梯?
Who built a playground slide in the middle of woodland?
教育局並沒有給鄉村學校一個嚴格的定義,所謂「鄉村學校」是泛指那些位於郊外偏遠地方,由村民籌建,供鄰近村民子弟就讀的學校。鄉村學校大多數在上世紀五十年代初建成,當時小學教育尚未普及,加上新界鄉郊地方交通不便,不少村童失學,村校的成立使到適齡學童獲得基礎教育的機會。
The Education Bureau has not given a strict definition of a rural school. The ‘rural schools’ are those which are located in remote suburban areas and are set up by villagers for the study of neighboring children. Most of the rural schools were built in the early 1950s before the popularization of primary education. In addition, many village children were out of school due to the inconvenient transportation in rural areas of New Territories. The establishment of the rural schools enables school-age children to have access to basic education.
這些學校的設施簡單,很多鄉村學校只有數個課室,早年有部分採取複式教學,即是安排兩個或以上級別的學生在同一個課室上課。
The facilities in these schools are simple. Many rural schools have only a few classrooms. In the early years, some of these schools had to take duplicate teaching, which was to arrange two or more than two grades students studying in the same classroom.
有指蓮花山公立學校亦是約50年代興建,讓附近村落的兒童過來學習,隨著屯門及荃灣等新市鎮建成,鄉村人口逐漸移居城巿,位置偏遠及設施不足的鄉村學校開始被時代淘汰,山林中的蓮花山公立學校亦於80年代停辨。
It was reported that the Lin Fa Shan Public School was also built in the 1950s which allowed children from nearby villages to come and study. With the construction of new towns such as Tuen Mun and Tsuen Wan, the rural population gradually migrated to the city. The remote and inadequate rural schools began to be phased out.
根據教育局的紀錄,1997年全港總共有103所鄉村學校,至2009年有82所已經停辦
According to the record of the Education Bureau, there were 103 rural schools in 1997 but 82 of them had closed in 2009.
時至今日,校舍遺址仍屹立於山林之中,你仍可以見到課室、圖書館、廁所等設施。因日久失修,建築物頂己倒塌,荒廢的校舍中長出了大樹,為了你自己的安全請不要入內。
Today, the ruins of the school buildings still stand in the mountains. You can still see the classrooms, libraries, toilets and other facilities. Due to a long time of disrepair, the roof of the building has collapsed, and large trees have grown in the abandoned school buildings. Please do not enter for your own safety.
校外的白色溜滑梯是保存得最完好的設施,由於同類的溜滑梯在香港也幾近絕跡,這裡便成為了富有懷舊味道的攝影熱點。
The white slide outside the school is the most well-preserved facility. As similar slides are almost extinct in Hong Kong, it has become a hot spot of nostalgic photography.
參考資料:
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200906/17/P200906170138.htm