Tayal

Syakaro Police Post is stationed on the south-facing long ridge, east side of Mount Mingdouyo, about 1,510 meters above sea level. Before the Syakaro Historic Trail was opened by the Governor-General in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation, the police post was the most penetrating official force in the mountain. In the early days of Japanese rule, the Governor-General set up the Syakaro Aiyong Supervision Office, and then in 1922 the Syakaro Police Post was set up with more than 20 guards. In the post-war period, the National Government changed its name to Shilu Police Station. 

To date, there are two parts of the former police post remaining on the site. The upper part remains the rammed earthen walls of the patrolling officer dormitory. The roof of the police post has collapsed and is unusable.

Songben Police Post is located on a convex ridge south-west of Mount Mingdouyo. It is about 1,360 meters above sea level and faces Atayal’s Rokkaho Hamlet (Lwax khu) of the Syakaro group across the stream. In the early days of the Japanese occupation, the Governor-General in Taiwan implemented a five-year (Lifan) indigenes management plan. The high-pressure governance measures caused dissatisfaction among the Atayal people and so in 1917, they fought with the Japanese which resulted in the Syakaro incident. Since it was an important strategic location, the Governor-General immediately set up a checkpoint in the following year. The Songben Police Post was then established in 1922, but was withdrawn after the people of Shishe of Syakaro group took refuge in the Beikeng River basin. To this day, the police post has been rebuilt into residential houses.