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Tatahun Police Post
塔達芬駐在所平臺上散落的酒瓶

Tatahun Police Post is located on the mountainside beside the Batongguan Traversing Historic Trail, about 1,550 meters above sea level. “Hun” means a lot of moisture in the Bunun language. Tatahun Police Post was built on a small piece of land surrounded by a 1.2-meter-high gillnet for protection. There were stone ridges in the front, east asian cherry and oliver’s maple trees planted on the foundation platform. The office building is in the center with the official residence on the left. The police post was abandoned in 1934 and today, the site is completely buried in miscanthus.

 

Maiasang Police Post
調查人員在八通關越嶺古道通往米亞桑駐在所的階道上

Maiasang Police Post is located in the valley beside Batongguan Traversing Historic Trail on the north branch of the southeastern ridge of Mount Nandashuiku, about  2,650 meters above sea level. It was built in 1920 and the name Maiasang means ancestral home in the Bunun language. Maiasan Police Post situated in an alpine climate, mostly shrouded in white fog. The snowfall period is between November and February. At times when there was heavy snowfall, the guards at Daishuiku Police Post, which is stationed several kilometers away, will retreat to Maiasang Police Post, where there is a ravine water source nearby.

Today, the foundation where Maiasang Police Post was stationed is overgrown with Taiwan red pine, and only a few building structures and relics remain.

Former Site of Batongguan Camp from the Qing period
調查人員測量清代八通關營盤址

The Batongguan campsite built during the Qing period and the Batongguan Police Post set up during the Japanese occupation are not on the same foundation. The two are 120 meters apart, and the altitude is about 2,745 meters. The origin of the place name “Batongguan” is the transliteration of Pantonukua, which Tsou people refer Yushan (Mount Jade) to. At present, there are still two bases surrounded by rammed earthen walls at the Batongguan campsite from the Qing period.

 

 


 

Batongguan Police Post
坐落八通關草原上的八通關駐在所地基

The Batongguan (Pattonkuan) Police Post is located on the vast Batongguan grassland between the Yushan Mountain Range and the Central Mountain Range. It is the junction for Batongguan Traversing Historic Trail from the Japanese era and Xingkao Mountain Trail. Due to the dangerous terrain and excellent outlook, the Governor-General in Taiwan set up a police post there, as well as facilities such as trenches, shooting ranges, and observation decks. Every autumn, a wrestling contest was also held here for every police post on the Batongguan Trail. As a result, the Batongguan Police Post became the best reception place, with spacious and comfortable premises. To this day, telephone line obstructions and life relics can still be found on the site.

Tarakkas Police Post (Suyuan Police Station)
タラッカス駐在所(粟園派出所)遺留的夯土牆

The Tarakkas Police Post (Suyuan Police Station) is located on the northern branch of the western edge of Yanglaoshan (Mount Yoro), about 1,415 meters above sea level and has a foundation of more than 400 square meters. It was established in 1920, at which time, the Syakaro Trail had not been opened. Originally, there was a hamlet named Trakis, which means millet. During the Japanese occupation, the Governor-General in Taiwan used the name and pronounced it タラッカス (Tarakkas).

In the early post-war period, the National Government took over and renamed it Suyuan Police Station, which was abandoned in 1959. Today, Tarakkas Police Post is in the plantation area of makino bamboos. The plantation has caused great damage to the foundation, but there are still traces of rammed earthen house foundations, houses and walls.

Laihu Police Post
瀨戶駐在所的遺址所在

The Laihu Police Post is located on a convex ridge  south-west of Mount Mingdouyo with a panoramic view. It is at an altitude of about 1,030 meters and on a 1,000 square meters wide foundation. In the early days of the Japanese occupation, when the Governor-General in Taiwan sent its troops to set up the Aiyong Border, it first set up a checkpoint here. Later in 1922, the Laihu Police Post was set up, facing Atayal’s Yehmakan Hamlet of the Syakaro group across the river.

In the early post-war period, the National Government took over and used it as a police station. It was renamed successively to Minsheng Police Station and Yunshan Police Station. Finally, when it was converted into a brick structure in 1963, the name was changed back to Minsheng Police Station.

Today, the police station has been relocated to the opposite bank of the Syakaro River. Only the foundation and stacked stone walls remain at the former site.

 

Ma’an Police Post
養老山西稜鞍部,馬鞍駐在所位於旁邊制高地

The Ma’an Police Post, established in 1922, is located on the small saddle on the western edge of Yanglaoshan (Mount Yoro), about 1,460 meters above sea level, on a foundation of more than 400 square meters. Based on legend, the name of the first Atayal who came here to reclaim the land was Bawan, and so, the traditional Atayal name of this place was named after him. Later in the Japanese Occupation period, the Governor-General in Taiwan transliterated it as Ma’an.

In the early post-war period, the National Government took over and turned it into the Ma’an Police Station, which was later abandoned in 1959. Today, the remains of rammed earthen houses and walls of the police post can still be seen on site.

Wusheng Police Post
調查人員在通往武神駐在所的叉路口休息

The Wusheng Police Post is located on the northwestern edge of Mount Bunugari, about 1,430 meters above sea level. It was established in 1922, when the Syakaro Trail was completed during the Japanese occupation. It was the peak of the police force, however, after a lapse of 5 years, the police post was withdrawn when the police force was deployed. In the past, the Wusheng Police Post faced the Jianfan Police Post on the opposite bank of Skayacin Creek.

To this day, the police post still maintains a complete slope and stone ridge, and the Forestry Bureau set up an information board introducing Wusheng Police Post, its story and the spatial configuration at that time.

Chushuipuo Police Post
出水坡駐在所前方設置的升旗臺基座

During the Qing period, the Chushuipuo camp was established, and 30 troops were divided into three teams. Coming to the Japanese occupation period, the Governor-General in Taiwan built the Chushuipuo Police Post on the old camp site in 1919. It is located on the southeastern edge of Mount Dahan and is at an altitude of about 700 meters. A few years later, it was relocated some distance away for reconstruction.  It was the only police post on the eastern section of Jinshuiying trail at the end of the Japanese occupation, and continued to be used until after the surrender of Japan in World War II. However, since the 1960s, forestry workers have used the site as a  work shed. Today, relics of daily items can be found on the site.

 

Gulibabaunuo Police Post
調查人員以捲尺測量崖邊平臺的駐在所範圍

The Gulibabaonuo Police Post is located on the southeastern edge of Dahan Mountain, at an altitude of about 750 meters. It was set up in 1917 and was an important checkpoint for the Jinshuiying trail that led to the southern linking road. It is about 1.3 km away from the Chushuipuo Police Post. Due to the Jinshuiying incident in 1914, the trail was unusable for several years. The Governor-General in Taiwan sent personnel to investigate the status of indigenous peoples and restored the trail. At the same time, established the Dashulin and Gulibabaonuo Police Posts. Later in 1926, the Gulibabaonuo Police Post was abolished and a new one was re-established in Chachayadun Hamlet in the south.