合歡山越嶺古道 The Hehuan Traversing Historic Trail
合歡山越嶺古道係霧社事件(1930年)發生後,日本人所開闢的一條貫穿南投霧社到花蓮太魯閣的「理蕃道路」,完成於昭和10年(1935年),標準路寬1.8公尺。現今的中橫公路和霧社支線,部份路段就是沿著昔日的古道開鑿,當中橫開通後,古道即迅速荒廢,現只剩部份殘留的路跡可供追尋。
The Hehuan Traversing Historic Trail, built by the Japanese after the Musha (Wushe) Incident of 1930, was completed in 1935 and began as an “Indigenous Pacification Road”.. The road ran from Musha (now Wushe) in Nantou to Taroko in Hualien, maintaining a standard width of 1.8 meters. The current Central Cross-island Highway or Provincial Highway 8 and the Wushe Branch Road(Provincial Highway 14 and 14A) were partly built along the old route. After the opening of the Central Highway, though, the old route was quickly abandoned. Now, only a few traces of the road remain accessible.
理蕃道路 Indigenous Pacification Road