Travel Reference
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History
In 1697 Chinese travel writer Yu Yung-ho wrote, 'Yushan stands amidst 10 thousand
mountains. It is white like silver, and appears at a distance covered in snow. It can be
seen, but not reached. The mountain is like jade.'
It was the first recorded account of the mountain and its Chinese name. Around the
same time Bunun aboriginals were starting to emigrate to the central mountains and they
