Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(Xiānggélǐlā Kōngzhōng Huāyuán; 280 2166;
www.shangrila-resort.com.tw
;
8, Rongguang Lane,
Datong Village, 8; per person with IYH card incl breakfast NT$1000, r from NT$2350)
This faux-
Swiss holiday cottage is an HI-affiliated B&B with bright rooms that ooze rustic charm.
To get there, take the side road next to Cingjing Veterans Farm Guest House (near the
Km7.5 mark) and walk about 150m.
Cingjing Veterans Farm Guest House
HOTEL $$$
(Qīngjìng Guómín Bīnguǎn; 280 2748;
http://hotel.chingjing.com.tw
;
170 Renhe Rd, Datong Vil-
lage, 170; d incl breakfast from NT$2400)
This is the only hotel in Cingjing, offering standard
midrange hotel rooms with no wow factor - but they are very comfortable. The rates in-
clude admission to Evergreen Grasslands and the Small Swiss Garden. It's located near
the Km7.5 mark.
Getting There & Away
Nantou Bus Company
( 049-299 6147)
runs nine buses daily to Cingjing (NT$127;
one hour 30 minutes) from Puli.
THE WUSHE INCIDENT
In 1930, Wushe witnessed the last large-scale (and the bloodiest) revolt against the
Japanese, who in turn massacred the Seediq aborigines who began it.
In October of that year, Mona Rudao, one of the leaders of the Seediq tribe, held
a wedding banquet for his son, Daho Mona. A Japanese policeman was on patrol,
and was offered some local liquor by Daho, but he refused as Daho's hands were
tainted by blood from slaughtering animals for the banquet. This led to a brawl and
the policeman was injured. Though Mona Rudao tried to make amends, he was re-
buffed.
Fearing the police would take revenge, and with already-simmering local resent-
ment now starting to boil over, the Seediq decided to launch an indiscriminate at-
tack in Wushe on 27 October, killing 134 Japanese people (including women and
children).
This shocked the Japanese authorities, who immediately sent 2000 troops to
Wushe, forcing the Seediq to retreat into the mountains. The battle continued for
more than a month, seeing 354 Seediq members either killed in battle or caught
and executed. Determined to end the battle quickly, the Japanese forces started
dropping tear-gas bombs by plane. Mona Rudao and his tribespeople, who fought
with bare hands or primitive weapons, knew their days were numbered; he and 290
members of the tribe committed suicide to avoid dishonour.
