As early as 1934, there were 1277 primary schools in Taishan county, the highest percentage in all of Guangdong, perhaps in all of China. It was for this reason referred to as the "hometown of culture" in the 1920s. Taishan City First High School, founded and funded by Taishan overseas Chinese from Canada, was famous for its refined campus architecture.
早在一九三四年，台山縣境內的小學就多達一千二百七十七間，居全廣東、可能也是全中國的第一位，被稱為「文化之鄉」；一九二○年代，由加拿大台山僑胞募款成立的台山市第一中學，更以優美的校園建築著稱。