Baisha Elementary School in Yulong County, Lijiang

Baisha Primary School in Baisha Town, Yulong County (玉龙县白沙镇白沙完小) is located in Baisha Town (白沙镇), Yulong Naxi Autonomous County (玉龙纳西族自治县), Lijiang City (丽江市), Yunnan Province (云南省). Established in the second year of the Yongzheng Emperor (1724), the school has a history of nearly 300 years. Situated next to the Baisha Murals (白沙壁画) and backed by Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (玉龙雪山), it is located in the ancient town of Baisha (白沙古镇), the former capital of the Naxi people and the birthplace of Dongba culture. The school adheres to the educational philosophy of “inheriting national spirit, promoting national culture, and highlighting national characteristics,” and is committed to revitalizing national education. Currently, the school has 21 teaching classes, 27 teachers, and 403 students.

Baisha Primary School actively explores a unique educational model, using “one name card, one base, one corridor, and six classes” as a platform to form a multifaceted and three-dimensional educational model. The school offers Dongba dance classes, hiring local Dongba artist He Xipeng as a teacher. This dance was successfully performed at the 2017 Lijiang Spring Festival Art Evening. In addition, the school has established a “Botanical Science Garden,” which was awarded the title of “Yulong County Science Popularization Demonstration School” in 2022 and received the Yunnan Province “Green and Beautiful Campus” award in 2024.

Baisha Town is known as the “hometown of football.” The school has cultivated a large number of young football talents from ethnic minorities through “sending out and bringing in” methods. In recent years, the school’s football team has sent 33 players to clubs such as Shandong Luneng and Beijing Guoan, among whom Duan Dezhi has been selected for the national Olympic team. Since 2012, the football team has won 41 trophies in national, provincial, municipal, and county-level football competitions.

The school focuses on campus culture construction, cultivating students’ comprehensive qualities and practical abilities through measures such as setting up civilization supervision posts and organizing various activities. The school also actively carries out science popularization education. In 2022, the “Botanical Science Garden” project was officially launched, providing students with rich natural science learning resources.

Baisha Primary School has achieved remarkable results in educational quality and social influence. In 2024, the school was honored with the title of “Advanced Collective in the National Education System.” The school has also received multiple honors such as “Advanced Unit in Moral Education,” “Advanced Unit in Safety Management,” and “Advanced Unit in School Management” at the municipal, county, and town levels.

With its profound historical heritage, unique national cultural education, and significant football specialty, Baisha Primary School has become a bright card of Lijiang education.