Li Learning Hall College Introduction
The Tamsui Academy, also known as the Oxford Academy, was completed in 1882 and served as a base for training missionaries, medical personnel, and educators under the church. To commemorate the support from his hometown residents, Mackay named it after his hometown county, "Oxford," to express gratitude. From 1872 to 1880, Dr. Mackay preached through open-air teaching by the roadside, under banyan trees, by streams, or by the sea. Recognizing the importance of establishing a school, he began fundraising during his return to Canada in 1880, and after coming back to Tamsui, he started constructing the academy.
