Hamlet

The Kara Hamlet is located 3 km northeast of Shangbaling in Fuxing District, Taoyuan City, on the hillside on the south bank of Daguan River. It sits 900 meters above sea level, and the traditional Atayal name is Qara, which means separate or branch.

In the past, two brothers had to separate due to insufficient hunting grounds. The eldest brother and his family stayed in today’s Baling Hamlet, while the younger brother took their family and arrived at the old tribe, which is on the hill opposite to the current Kara Hamlet.

Many years ago, due to typhoons the people moved to Kara hamlet for the safety of their homes and traffic reasons. It is a hamlet of around 20 households, mainly living in the vicinity of the boat-shaped church.

The Fushan Hamlet is located in the upper reaches of Nanshi River in Wulai District, New Taipei City. It was the earliest hamlet established by the Atayal people in Wulai District during the Qing period. They were the Talanan and Limao-an tribes.

Later, due to the increased population, the tribes began migrating to the lower reaches of Nanshi River. Through social changes, the people living in Fushan hamlet further established the Tunlu, Limao’an, Karamuki and Daluolan hamlets.

During the Japanese occupation, the Governor-General in Taiwan set up the Limao’an Police Post in Limao’an hamlet. After that, the Mitsui Gomei Company took the land and forced the people to move. In the post-war period, the National Government delineated the administrative area and merged the hamlets into Fushan village.