Wu Guangliang

The Chimei Hamlet is located on the highlands formed by the alluvial river terraces of the Xiuguluan River in Ruisui Township, Hualien County. It is divided into upper and lower hamlets. The upper hamlet was where the tribe first established, while the lower hamlet is where the residents currently live. The traditional name of the Chimei Hamlet is Kiwit, which means crabgrass, because according to legend, there was abundant crabgrass here. However, the Han people pronounced it as Chimi. Until the Japanese occupation, the Government-General in Taiwan ordered the residents to move from the upper terrace to the lower terrace and renamed it to Chimei. 

In the past, tribal people only used hunting roads or going down the stream to get to the outside world. In the Qing period, General Wu Guangliang built plank roads, which continued to be used during the Japanese occupation. Finally, in 1986, the plank road was widened and built into Ruigang Industry Road.

The Chimei Hamlet is located in the highlands formed by the alluvial river terraces of the Xiuguluan River in Ruisui Township, Hualien County. It is divided into upper and lower hamlets. The lower hamlet is where the police station is located, and where Chimei residents currently live. The traditional name of the hamlet is Lanar, which means below, as it is located at the lower level of the Chimei terrace.  Although the terrain is flat, the bottom is mostly sand and gravel. During the Japanese occupation, the Government-General in Taiwan ordered the residents to move from the upper terrace to the lower terrace due to insufficient water sources.

The Chimei Hamlet is located on the highlands formed by the alluvial river terraces of the Xiuguluan River in Ruisui Township, Hualien County. It is divided into upper and lower hamlets. The Upper Chimei Hamlet is located on the east side of the current Chimei Elementary School. It is about 100 meters above sea level and was where the hamlet first established. The traditional name of the place is Lingpawan, which means above. During the Japanese occupation, the people living in the Upper Chimei Hamlet migrated to the lower terraces. At present, about 20 households still live in the upper hamlet, though most of them are recent immigrants, including Bunun, Amis and Han people.

The Upper Chimei Terrace is located on the highland south of the river terrace formed by the alluvial Xiuguluan River in Ruisui Township, Hualien County. It is the main location of the Chimei hamlet. A large number of cultural relic pottery of the Jingpu hamlet have been found behind the present Chimei Elementary School. Hence, the site is presumably the Nalomann hamlet, where the ancestors lived.

The traditional name of the place is Kiwit, which means crabgrass because according to legend, crabgrass was abundant here. However, the Han people misinterpreted Kiwit as Chi-mi, which means a peculiar and mysterious place. In the Japanese Occupation period, the place was renamed to Chimei.

In the past, tribal people only used hunting roads or going down the stream to get to the outside world. In the Qing period, General Wu Guangliang built plank roads, which continued to be used during the Japanese occupation. Finally, in 1986, the plank road was widened and built into Ruigang Industry Road (also known as Hualien County Road 64). 

The Yu-Chang Highway, which runs through Hualien County and Taitung County, was excavated in 1875. The highway stretches mainly along the Antong Valley and deep into the coastal mountains. After passing through a tunnel, it then follows the road between the Lujiao Creek and Ningpu Creek that leads to Ningpu Village in Changbin Township. The construction of the Yu-Chang Highway was actually based on the Antong Traversing Historic Trail. At that time (Qing period), General Wu Guangliang, who was stationed in Yuli, led the soldiers to excavate Pushige Chengguang’ao passae. This became the outer port of the middle section of the Huadong Rift Valley on the other side of the Coastal Mountains.

During the Japanese occupation period, the Government-General in Taiwan revised the legislation and changed the route to go from Antong to Zhuhu. In the post-war period, the Nationalist Government built a road from Yuli to Changbin, and chose the same route as the Antong Traversing Historic Trail. This road was completed and opened to traffic in 2007.

The Yu-Chang Highway, which runs through Hualien County and Taitung County, was excavated in 1875. The highway stretches mainly along the Antong Valley and deep into the coastal mountains. After passing through a tunnel, it then follows the road between the Lujiao Creek and Ningpu Creek that leads to Ningpu Village in Changbin Township. The construction of the Yu-Chang Highway was actually based on the Antong Traversing Historic Trail. At that time (Qing period), General Wu Guangliang, who was stationed in Yuli, led the soldiers to excavate Pushige Chengguang’ao passae. This became the outer port of the middle section of the Huadong Rift Valley on the other side of the Coastal Mountains.

During the Japanese occupation period, the Government-General in Taiwan revised the legislation and changed the route to go from Antong to Zhuhu. In the post-war period, the Nationalist Government built a road from Yuli to Changbin, and chose the same route as the Antong Traversing Historic Trail. This road was completed and opened to traffic in 2007.

The Yu-Chang Highway, which runs through Hualien County and Taitung County, was excavated in 1875. The highway stretches mainly along the Antong Valley and deep into the coastal mountains. After passing through a tunnel, it then follows the road between the Lujiao Creek and Ningpu Creek that leads to Ningpu Village in Changbin Township. The construction of the Yu-Chang Highway was actually based on the Antong Traversing Historic Trail. At that time (Qing period), General Wu Guangliang, who was stationed in Yuli, led the soldiers to excavate Pushige Chengguang’ao passae. This became the outer port of the middle section of the Huadong Rift Valley on the other side of the Coastal Mountains.

During the Japanese occupation period, the Government-General in Taiwan revised the legislation and changed the route to go from Antong to Zhuhu. In the post-war period, the Nationalist Government built a road from Yuli to Changbin, and chose the same route as the Antong Traversing Historic Trail. This road was completed and opened to traffic in 2007.

The Yu-Chang Highway, which runs through Hualien County and Taitung County, was excavated in 1875. The highway stretches mainly along the Antong Valley and deep into the coastal mountains. After passing through a tunnel, it then follows the road between the Lujiao Creek and Ningpu Creek that leads to Ningpu Village in Changbin Township.

The construction of the Yu-Chang Highway was actually based on the Antong Traversing Historic Trail. At that time (Qing period), General Wu Guangliang, who was stationed in Yuli, led the soldiers to excavate Pushige Chengguang’ao passage. This became the outer port of the middle section of the Huadong Rift Valley on the other side of the Coastal Mountains. During the Japanese occupation, the Government-General in Taiwan renamed the place Hongzuo Traversing Trail. Later, when the route was changed from Antong to Zhuhu, the trail was renamed to Antong Traversing Trail.

Yuli Township is located in the south-central section of Hualien County. It became a village in 1875 and was called Pu-Shi-Ge during the Qing period. There are many saying how the name originated. First, Pusiko is how Bunun people describe dust and sand that they saw flying above Xiuguluan riverbank. Secondly, Paheko is how Amis people describe ferns because the riverbank plain was covered with ferns. Third saying was when General Wu Guangliang opened the road in 1875, he saw pure white jade all over Xiuguluan river and named the place Pu Shi Ge, namely the unpolished gem pavilion.

At the end of the Qing period, Pushige village was already a military powerhouse and a Han settlement, with an area equivalent to the current urban Yuli.

Shitiping is located on the coastal reef area on the south side of Shiti Port in Fengbin Township, Hualien County. The traditional name is Tilaan, which means a place to stay overnight. Before the provincial highway 11 was established, people heading north to Maogong had to travel on foot and on return, they needed to stay overnight in this place. During the Qing period, when the commander-in-chief Wu Guangliang led his troops here to open the road, he saw the stair-like formation of the rocks and named the place Shitiping (Rock Stairs).  Over the past 100 years, the Kavalan, Amis, and Han people have successively moved to the vast land at the foot of the mountain on the east side of Shitiping. By the 1990s, the natural sea-eroded reef landscape of Shitiping had become a famous tourist attraction.