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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.

 

Inago Police Post
調查人員於Inago社駐在所門前合影(調查人員於イナコ駐在所遺址門前合影)

The Inago Police Post is located on the southern bank of Zhuoshui River, about 3 kilometers west of the Wanda Hamlet in Ren’ai Township, Nantou County. The police post was set up by the Government-General in Taiwan in the original Songlin Hamlet during the Japanese occupation.

In fact, before the Wushe incident occurred in 1930, Taiwan’s Government-General once moved some Truku people collectively to a place 5 kilometers west of the Wanda Reservoir. However, as infectious disease broke out 74 people from 14 households returned to their original homes. In the post-war period, the National Government completed the construction of the road from Wanda to Puli in facilitating transportation. Since then, the people from Songlin Hamlet moved to the current location.

Bakuras Hamlet
巴庫拉斯社現存的石板屋

Bakuras Hamlet is located in Xinyi Township, Nantou County with an elevation of about 550 meters. It was mainly formed by the relocation of the Bunun of the Kashe group from Wenwen hamlet and the Jialimo'an hamlet. During the Japanese occupation, the Government-General in Taiwan set up a police post and an education center here, but under the implementation of the group relocation policy, tribal people moved to Dili, Shuanglong and Tan’nan one after another in 1936. Today, from Dili Village along Provincial Highway No. 16 to the elevated platform in front of Heping, there is a fork on the left to reach Bakuras Hamlet. The former site of the police post has now become the Bakurasu Farm. The farm operator has also restored the two slate houses that were in the ruin site.

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.

 

Qubing Site
曲冰遺址的解說碑文

Qubing ruin site is located in Ren'ai Township, Nantou County. It got its name from its curving stream and icy water. It was discovered by archaeological excavations in 1981, and thereby exposing the nearby Qubing hamlet. Based on the unearthed foundation stones and stone walls, it is speculated that the area may have had a row of stone houses. Among the relics found, there are stone arrowheads, stone adzes, net pendants, stone axes, pottery pieces, which prove that the early economic activities of the local residents were farming and fishing. The site spanned from the Puli Shuiwa Cave site to the Damalin site, with an estimated time frame between 1700 and 3600 years ago. In addition, from the large number of stone tools unearthed at the site it is speculated that the residents may have adapted to life in the mountains.

 

Songlin Hamlet
遠眺松林部落和松林橋

Songlin Hamlet is located on the platform on the south bank of Zhuoshui River in Ren’ai Township, Nantou County, about 3 km west of the Wanda Hamlet. It is named after the many pine trees there. In fact, before the Wushe incident occurred in 1930, Taiwan’s Government-General once moved some Truku people collectively to a place 5 km west of the Wanda Reservoir. However, as infectious disease broke out 74 people from 14 households returned to their original homes. In the post-war period, the National Government completed the construction of the road from Wanda to Puli in facilitating transportation. Since then, the people from Songlin Hamlet moved to the current location.

 

Ching’ai Hamlet
親愛部落一隅

Ching’ai Hamlet is located on the terrace on the south bank of Zhuoshui River in Ren’ai Township, Nantou County. It is inhabited by the Atayal tribe of the Wanda group from Wanda Hamlet . It is geographically bounded by Xiulin Township and Wanrong Township in Hualien County in the east, Xinyi Township in the south, Wujie Hamlet in the southwest, and connected to Nanfeng, Datong, Chunyang, and Jingying hamlets in the north.

In the post-war period, since the Ching’ai Hamlet did not participate in the Wushe incident in 1930, the National Government adopted the meaning of "kin" and "love" and named it Ching’ai (beloved).

Wanda Community
作為萬大發電廠員工宿舍的萬大社區

Wanda Community in Ren'ai Township, Nantou County, is located at the foothills of the northwest of Mount Wanda, 2 km away from the west side where Wanda Stream and Zhuoshui Stream converge. It was originally the land of the Atayal tribe of the Wanda Group. Later in the middle of the Japanese occupation period, due to the construction of the Wanda Reservoir, power plant employees began to move into the area. Now it is the staff dormitory of Wanda Power Plant, and there are also indigenous people living there. The Wushe Kashe Historic Trail that was built during the Japanese occupation also passes through here.

Wushe (Musha)
霧社通往高峰的叉路口

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 is made up of two trails, the Wanda Wushe Trail and Wanda Kashe Trail, 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.