Zuoshe Clang

Wuliting
Overlooking Mount Zhimao and Zhuoshui River below.

In the 12th year of the Showa era (1937), the Zhimao police post was established. It was stationed on the right bank of Zhuoshui River (now Wuliting Plain), where Danda River and Zhuoshui River  flow together, to monitor the entry of indignous peoples into the mountain. It was to prevent those indigenes that have moved to the plain from coming back. Also, in order to clear up the mountainous area and to relocate the remaining residents, the police post was set up between the relocation place and the original residence. This helped facilitate subsequent relocation matters.

Wujie Reservoir
影像為平靜的武界水庫,位於南投縣仁愛鄉法治村濁水溪上游。

Wujie Reservoir is located in Renai Township, Nantou County, across from Fazhi Village and Wanfeng Village, which is about 12 kilometers northeast of Sun Moon Lake and adjacent to Wujie hamlet. It was built in the 8th year of Taisho (1919) and opened in the 9th year of the Showa era (1934). The function of Wujie dam is to intercept the stream of the Zhuoshui River and its tributary Wanda River, send water to Sun Moon Lake through a diversion tunnel, then import it into power plants to generate electricity. Due to the large amount of sediment transported by the Zhuoshui River, the Wujie Dam blocks a lot of sand and stones in the upper reaches of the Zhuoshui River in the riverbed above the Wujie Dam, so the Wujie Dam is seriously silted up.

Wanfeng
位於萬豐部落下方的法治一號吊橋遺址

The Wushe Kashe Historic Trail from the Japanese rule leads to Wanfeng from Wujie. The exits are in Wushe of Renai Township and Bakuras hamlet, an old tribe in Dili Village, Xinyi Township, respectively. The trail along the Zhuoshui River has gone through a rebuild and the trail from north of Wanfeng village to Wushe has been replaced by the current highway. Currently, there are sections of the trail remaining near Inago and the route from Wujie to Bakuras hamlet.

Due to the 1999 Jiji earthquake, the Morakot typhoon, and several heavy rainfalls the trail is broken into pieces. What is now left is some remains of suspension bridges, pillars, and fragments of the trail. At present, there are still relics of the trail on the Wujie Dam and the rock walls beside the dam.
 

Liangjiu Falls
影像為位於良久社下方的良久瀑布,霧社、卡社古道於其上方通過

The Wushe Kashe Historic Trail that was built during the Japanese colonial period was actually composed of two sections of ancient routes, namely "Wanda Kashe trail" and "Wanda Wushe trail". The Wushe Kashe Historic Trail was the first Lifan road (Indigene management route) to be studied. The trail passes through the traditional territories of the Sediq and Bunun, and has important Qubing archaeological sites along the way. It was the earliest path of the ancestors and therefore, the ruins, settlements, and trails have considerable academic value and indicator significance.

Ganzhuowanshe (Old Zhuoshe Hamlet)
河階臺地即為卓社群的舊部落干卓萬社

Ganzhuwanshe is located on the river terrace on the right bank of Zhuoshui River in the upper reaches of Wujie in Ren’ai Township, Nantou County, where the No.1 Fazhi Suspension Bridge is at today. It is at an altitude of 780 meters, and was an old hamlet of the Bunun from the Zhuoshe group. During the Japanese occupation, the Wanda Kashe Historic Trail passed by the old hamlet and in 1913, the Government-General in Taiwan set up the Ganzhuowan Police Post above the hamlet.

 

No.1 Fazhi Suspension Bridge
位於萬豐部落下方的法治一號吊橋遺址

The No. 1 Fazhi Suspension Bridge in Ren'ai Township, Nantou County is located in the basin surrounded by the peaks of the Central Mountain Range, below Wanfeng hamlet. Today, only the concrete structure of the bridge remains. In fact, this place was the original home of the Bunun people from the Ganzhuwanshe. Other communities that lived there during the Qing period included Lulunshe, Bakuras'she, and Totsukonshe.

 

Jiemeiyuan Incident
姐妹原一景,古道由此穿過

Jiemeiyuan (Jiemei Plain) is located in Ren’ai Township, Nantou County. It was the site where the Jiemeiyuan incident occurred in 1903, which was a war between Bunun and Sediq. 

This war came about after the incident in 1902, when the Government-General in Taiwan imposed an economic blockade on the indigenous peoples and completely cut off the Sediq people of the Dektaya group’s access to trade in Puli. Then using the Pingpu and Bunun people to lure the Sediq people to trade in Jiemeiyuan. The Bunun people of the Ganzhuwan group used food and wine to disarm the Sediq people and then made an order to launch an attack. This resulted in the killing of the Sediq tribe. The impact of this incident was far-reaching. First it affected the Sediq ethnic group's submission to Japan, and then it enacted the Wushe incident.

 

Zhuoshe Monument
卓社紀念碑即為良久社蕃童教育所的遺址

The Zhuoshe Monument in Xinyi Township, Nantou County, is located on the former site of the Education Center for Indigenous Children in Liangjiushe, which was set up by the Government-General of Taiwan during the Japanese occupation. Later in 2003, the Bunun people set up a stone monument at the flagpole stand of the Education Center with the inscribed words "Monument erected in commemoration of the people of Zhuoshe who sought their roots and ancestral home”. The trail is made up of two trails, the Wanda Wushe and Wanda Kashe, which passes through the traditional territories of the Sediq and Bunun. In fact, the Wushe Kashe Historic Trail was the first Lifan road (Indigene management route) to be studied, because there are important Qubing archaeological sites along the way, and it is possible to understand the footprints of prehistoric populations, which has considerable academic value and indicator significance.

Historic Trail located near Liangjiushe
位在良久社附近的古道現況

The Wushe Kashe Historic Trail runs through Ren’ai Township and Xinyi Township in Nantou County, with a total length of about 60 km. The trail starts from Wushe in the north and ends in old Bakras Hamlet in the south. It is made up of two routes, the Wanda Wushe trail and Wanda Kashe trail, which pass through the traditional territories of the Sediq and Bunun. In fact, the Wushe Kashe Historic Trail was the first Lifan road (Indigene management route) to be studied, because there are important Qubing archaeological sites along the way, and it is possible to understand the footprints of prehistoric populations, which has considerable academic value and indicator significance.