Abstract: From 1935 to 1949, in order to improve the cultural level, national concept and national consciousness of ethnic minorities in the border areas, the Yunnan provincial government established and funded a number of schools in the border areas of Yunnan and made great efforts to carry out border education. Guishan Primary School was one of them. In the past decade, the relevant history has been studied, but not in depth. Taking Guishan primary school as a case, this paper comprehensively and deeply reveals the historical process of the germination, preparation, opening, development and end of border schools by using the methods of archives and oral history. Border schools are of great significance to the further education of frontier minority students, to enhance their knowledge and understanding of the country, to shape their national consciousness, to enlighten their revolutionary ideas, and to build a country in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Key words: Yunnan Provincial Primary Schools, border education, Guishan Primary School, Mr. Zhang Chong, Yi Students