Residential Police Box

Pillar holes at the entrance of Batongguan Police Post
影像為八通關駐在所玄關的柱洞,及當時建築物留下的相關遺構。日治時期八通關駐在所,與淸代八通關營盤址,並非在同一個地基,而是在淸營盤北邊約120公尺處。

The Bunun people call this place BaBahrasno, which means "river" because on the southern side of the Batongguan plain, there was a small tributary of the Yanong River passing through it. When the "Central Road" was built during the Qing Dynasty, this place was used ot be called Pantonukua, which is the Cou language for Yushan. This was later transliterated to Batongguan, and the path is being use to this day.

Due to the dangerous terrain and that Batongguan has a good outlook,  there were police officers stationed there with trenches, observation decks, and shooting ranges during the Japanese occupation period. There was a wrestling field in front of the station. Every autumn a wrestling competition is held between the police posts, and there are two rows of rammed earth walls about 1.2 meters high. Batongguan plain was a place where the historic trail of Japan and of Qing Dynasty intersects.

Gate posts of Batongguan Police Post
影像為調查人員測量八通關駐在所正門的門柱。

The Bunun people call this place BaBahrasno, which means "river" because on the southern side of the Batongguan plain, there was a small tributary of the Yanong River passing through it. When the "Central Road" was built during the Qing Dynasty, this place was used ot be called Pantonukua, which is the Cou language for Yushan. This was later transliterated to Batongguan, and the path is being use to this day.

Due to the dangerous terrain and that Batongguan has a good outlook,  there were police officers stationed there with trenches, observation decks, and shooting ranges during the Japanese occupation period. There was a wrestling field in front of the station. Every autumn a wrestling competition is held between the police posts, and there are two rows of rammed earth walls about 1.2 meters high. Batongguan plain was a place where the historic trail of Japan and of Qing Dynasty intersects.

Batongguan Plains
八通關草原

Batongguan plain was a place where the historic trail of Japan and of Qing Dynasty intersects. The Bunun people call this place BaBahrasno, which means "river" because on the south side of the Batongguan plain, there was a small tributary of the Yanong River passing through it. When the "Central Road" was built in the Qing Dynasty, Pantonukua, which is the Cou language for referring Yushan, was used to call this place, and the transliteration was Batongguan. The Japanese continue to use it to this day.

During the Japanese Occupation period, the Batongguan police post was not located on the same foundation as the Batongguan Campsite in the Qing Dynasty period, but about 120 meters north of the Qing campsite.
Due to the dangerous terrain and that Batongguan has a good outlook,  there were police officers stationed there with trenches, observation decks, and shooting ranges during the Japanese occupation period. There was a wrestling field in front of the station. Every autumn a wrestling competition is held between the police posts, and there are two rows of rammed earth walls about 1.2 meters high.

Guangao Police Post
影像為觀高駐在所下方的平臺,地表可發現日治時期酒瓶與茶壺等生活遺留。

The Bunun people call Guangao Hahaguo, which means "low concave land" because it is a flat and broad saddle between Mount Batongguan and Mount Guangao. Guangao is connected to Dongpu in the north, the tribes along Daxi County in the northeast, and Batongguan in the south. During the Japanese occupation period, the two routes of "Central Line Road" and "Batongguan Traversing Historic Trail" intersect at Guangao, making it an important geographic location for military and for transportation purposes.

According to the data of Showa 11 (1936), there was 13 staff in the Guangao police post, and there were well-equipped houses and sentries.

Duiguan Police Post
對關駐在所

Duiguan police post is about 10.3 kilometers from the Dongpu Mountain Pass, at an altitude of around 2,100 meters. It is a flat ground with a wide field of vision. The Bunun people call this area Taikan, which means "the corner of the road", and the Japanese transliterated it into Chinese characters. Below the Duiguan police post is a magnificient canyon terrain of the Chenyoulan Valley.  While the upper stream valley is flat and vast, which is an important geographical demarcation point for Duiguan. The Yushan National Park Management Office has placed an explanation board here, introducing the several police posts stationed along the Batongguan Traversing Historic Trail during the Japanese occupation period, one of which is Duiguan which is used as an important resting stop for hikers.

Lele Mountain Hut (Lakulaku Police Post)
影像為今日的樂樂山屋。

The Lele Mountain Hut is located at an altitude of about 1,696 meters, and is around 5.8 kilometers away from Dongpu and around 12.1 kilometers eastward from Batongguan. The hut was built on the foundation where the Lakulaku police post used to be during the Japanese occupation period. The Bunun called the area Oritu, meaning "mountain loquat" in the Bunun language, referring to the place with growing mountain loquats. There were no indigenous settlements near the police post, and since the Japanese planted cherry blossoms there, each year in April a cherry blossom festival is held there. A trail leading to Lele Hot Spring at the bottom of the Chenyoulan River is opened.RakuRaku in Bunun means hot spring. Today, fragments of wine bottles and dishes from the Japanese era can be found on site.

Yanglao Police Post
養老駐在所基地上所建築之鐵皮屋

The location of the Yanglao Police Post from the Japanese rule has been converted into a working house today due to the widening of the road. Yanglao Hamlet belongs to Xiuluan Village, Jianshi Township, Hsinchu County. It is located on the left bank of Xiuluan River and the northern foot of Mount Sinaji, at an altitude of 900 to 1500 meters. The mountainside belongs to the Kinaji group of the Atayal ethnic group. Yanglao is a transliteration of Yuluw in the Atayal language, which refers to the rat board under the barn.

The north-west ridge saddle of Syakaro Mountain
霞喀羅大山西北鞍部,為整段古道的越嶺點,早期日治時期日本人按地形開鑿道路,通道外型似門型

The northwest saddle of Syakaro Mountain is the crossing point of the entire trail. The Japanese excavated the saddle to facilitate passage, forming a door-like passage. The local Atayal people named it Belefun, which means "door".
Going eastward from the saddle for a few minutes and the ridgeline on the right leads to the entry of Syakaro Mountain. From there, walk for about 20 minutes and the northern saddle of the mountain will be on the left. It takes about 1.5 hours round trip to climb Syakaro Mountain. Due to the strategic location, Matsushita police post was set up there in Taisho 11 (1922), which is the highest police post along the Syakaro Trail.

Dashuiku Police Post
大水窟駐在所的石牆與大水窟山屋的木構建材,遺址有引水鐵管

The Dashuiku Police Post is located on the flat shoulder on the east side of Mount Nandashuiku, at an altitude of 3,150 meters.  It was established in 1920 and was the highest police post on the Batongguan Traversing Historic Trail during the Japanese occupation. November to April is the period when the mountains are covered with snow. Therefore, life at the Dashuiku Police Post faced various difficulties, such as the sudden temperature drop that caused the drinking water to freeze and daily water needed to be collected from Maiasang Police Post, which is several kilometers away. There were even times when all staff needed to be evacuated to Maiasang Police Post due to freezing weather. In the 1980s, the Yushan National Park Management Office built the Dashuiku mountain hut next to the former site of Dashuiku Police Post, but it was destroyed by a typhoon in 1999.

 

Platform of Old Laiyi Police Post
舊來義石板屋群上方的寬闊平臺,即為駐在所遺址

The Old Laiyi Police Post is located on a wide platform above the slate houses of the Old Laiyi tribe in Laiyi Township, Pingtung County. There are relics such as iron houses, water towers, and water tanks on site. The building was set up by the Government-General in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation. In fact, there are two hamlets in the area.  The larger hamlet on the southeastern side is called Chajiakavus, and the smaller hamlet on the northwestern side is called Chingasan. In the early post-war period, the tribesmen were forced to collectively relocate their villages to the current Laiyi hamlet.

To get to Old Laiyi hamlet, enter from the fork road on the 6.5 km point of Yilin Road, and you will see the stone stele of the old Jala’afus tribe at the entrance. There are still large-scale slate houses in the hamlet ruins.