Slate House

Ka Hamlet, located in Xinyi Township, Nantou County, was the administrative center of the Bunun from the Kashe group. There are two theories about the origin of this place. It is said that it was the migration from Sheliao Village in Zhushan County, Taichung Prefecture.  The other saying is that it was the migration from Kategelan hamlet of Xingao group in Taichung Prefecture.

There are two routes to reach Ka hamlet. You can head north from Bakuras, walk along the road from Wanda to Bakuras to arrive in Wenwen hamlet, then follow the ridgeline and walk down the Kashe River. From there, continue crossing the river to get to the other side, and walk along the hunting road to reach it. Alternatively, climb from the checkpoint at Danda Forest Road to the east saddle of Mount Kashe, and then walk along the Guanmen Historic Trail.

Today, the Ka Hamlet ruins are widely spread out, and are covered with Makino bamboo.

Wenwen Hamlet is located on the west bank river terrace where the Kashe River and Zhuoshui River converge in Ren'ai Township, Nantou County. It was where the Bunun people from the Ka Hamlet migrated 220 years ago. However, influenza occurred during the Japanese occupation, which led to a dozen deaths in the hamlet.

Today, there are two routes that lead to Wenwen Hamlet. One is from Puli, where you head straight to the end of Dingdongpu, enter the Zhuoshe Forest Road, pass through the crossroads of Lianjiu hamlet to the end of the road, and then go down to the road that connects Wanda and Bakuras. After reaching Fenfenshan, head east and you will arrive at the site of Wenwen hamlet.

The other route is to go from the road northbound of Bakuras Hamlet. Today, there are still around ten slate houses on the site.

The Bakuras Hamlet in Dili Village, Xinyi Township, Nantou County, is about 550 meters above sea level. It was mainly formed by the relocation of the Bunun people from Wenwen Hamlet and Jiali Moan Hamlet of the Kashe group.

During the Japanese Occupation, the Government-General in Taiwan set up a police post and education center here, but under the implementation of the relocation policy, Bunun people moved to Dili, Shuanglong and Tannan successively in 1936.

Today, you can reach Bakuras hamlet from Dili Village along Provincial Highway 16. The site of the former police post is now the Bakuras Farm, where the owner has restored two slate houses from the ruins.