Indigene Management Facility

The Beikeng Police Post, in Tai’an Township of Miaoli County, was established in 1923. It is located on the 14.6 km point of the Beikeng Creek Historic Trail and is about 1,640 meters above sea level. The traditional Atayal name for the place is Simayen, which means floor-like lawn.

The Beikeng Police Post was originally the administrative center of the Beikeng Creek Historic Trail. There was an education center, Wude Hall, medical facility, places for trades, guns and ammunition depot and so on, of which the buildings still remain on the trail today.

Around 2003, Xuepa National Park renovated the historic trail section from Guanwu to Erbensong, but due to natural disasters, the entire section was still difficult to pass through and was abandoned. Only a few parts of the trail remain.

The Beikeng Police Post, in Tai’an Township of Miaoli County, was established in 1923. It is located on the 14.6 km point of the Beikeng Creek Historic Trail and is about 1,640 meters above sea level. The traditional Atayal name for the place is Simayen, which means floor-like lawn.

The Beikeng Police Post was originally the administrative center of the Beikeng Creek Historic Trail. There was an education center, Wude Hall, medical facility, places for trades, guns and ammunition depot and so on, of which the buildings still remain on the trail today.

To get theret, enter from the Simaxian Forest Road in the Xuejian Recreation Area, climb up the Simaxian Forest Road to an altitude of about 2,000 meters, and then descend about 360 meters to arrive at the station.

The Wantian Battery Trail entrance, in Tai’an Township of Miaoli County, is located on the 15 km point of Simaxian Forest Road and is about 1,310 meters above sea level. The trail was set up to monitor the northern Atayal group during the Japanese occupation. The battery was erected on the ridge line or high point of the mountain overlooking tribal villages in order to intimidate indigenous people.

In the early days of Japanese rule, the Governor of Taiwan, Sakuma Samata organized a large-scale crusade to manage the indigenes. In 1911, he suppressed the northern group of Atayal tribe with superior force. Police Officer, Maruda Kiyoshi, was killed during this fight and therefore, the battery was named after him. Today, the remains of the Wantian Battery are hidden in the forest of Cryptomeria.

The Hongxiang Hamlet is located in the foothills of Baigu Dashan in Ren’ai Township, Nantou County. It is 1,170 meters above sea level. The traditional Atayal name of the hamlet is Makanaji. The land is flat and fertile, and most of them have been converted into paddy fields.

In the early days of the Japanese occupation, the tribesmen first moved to the upper reaches of the Makanaji Stream and took refuge when the Government-General in Taiwan sent military police into the hamlet. However, they were forced to relocate to a spot 1.3 km north of the former site of Maisiduobang for better monitoring and management by the Japanese. Later in 1923, they moved to the current location due to the barren land.

The Zhongling Police Post, located in Datong Township of Yilan County, was established in 1935 and abolished after the war. The ruins of the police station can be reached by a 3-hour walk starting from the Hapen camp. Then cross the saddle between Mount Zhongling and Mount Hongchai. Alternatively, start from the end of the Lunpi industrial road and it will take around 50 minutes on foot to reach the site.

Today, there are still two horizontal logs and a row of stones, as well as cement foundations and buildings at the former site of the Zhongling police station entrance, but they are all covered in weed roots.

The Hapen Historic Trail, which crosses diagonally through Wulai District of New Taipei City and Datong Township of Yilan County, runs along the right bank of the upper reaches of Nanshi River and around the mountains. As it was required to cross the Polu River and Lumen River when traveling on this trail, the Government-General in Taiwan built a suspension bridge to facilitate crossing the river. However, the suspension bridges have been destroyed now, and mountaineers must wade across the river. If there is a typhoon or heavy rain, it is safer not to walk the trail.

The Zhongling Police Post, located in Datong Township of Yilan County, was established in 1935 and abolished after the war. The ruins of the police post can be reached by a 3-hour walk starting from the Hapen Camp, then crossing the saddle between Mout Zhongling and Mount Hongchai. Alternatively, start from the end of the Lunpi industrial road and it will take around 50 minutes on foot to reach the site.

Today, there are still some concrete foundations and buildings on the ruins of the Zhongling police post, but they have been covered by tree roots and weeds.

The Hapen Police Post, located in Wulai District of New Taipei City, was originally an abolished Aiyong Supervision Office on the Aiyong Boundary between Shenken and Yilan. However, during the Japanese pccupation, the Government-General in Taiwan changed it to a police post in 1931 in order to force the Atayal people of the Kaowan group in the Taoyuan area to relocate collectively.

Today, the site where the police post once stood is located on the rear platform of the Hapen camp. There are piles of stone remaining on the ground, but have been covered by weed and bamboo forests. It takes about 4 hours to walk from the entrance of the Kalamoji Trail.

The Kalamoji Police Post is located on the 3.5 km point of the Hapen Historic Trail in Wulai District, New Taipei City. It is the first police post to arrive after walking from the trail entrance. 

The station was an abolished Aiyong Supervision Office during the Japanese occupation. However, to force the Atayal tribe from the Kaowan group in the Taoyuan area to relocate, the Government-General in Taiwan changed it to a police post in 1931.

Today, the Bureau of Meteorology has set up a rain gauge platform on the former site of the Kalamoji police post.

The former site of Guishan Police Post is located on the 8.5 km point of the Fuba Cross-ridge Historic Trail in Wulai District, New Taipei City.  It is the midpoint of the entire trail and the entrance to Guishan. It sits about 1,300 meters above sea level, and was set up in 1922 by the Government-General in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation.

Today, what is left from the Guishan police post is its wide platform, surrounded by stacked stone walls and artificial forests. The site is covered in weeds and trees. When coming from Fushan, pass the site and you can see many giant trees along the path. Continue walking and you will find yourself in a well-known group of sacred trees in Lalashan.