【 Type of attraction open for tourism 】

• Length of trail: About 125km.
• Time required for the trip: 10 or more days.
• Difficulty: The leg between Dongpu and Batonguan and Walami is of low to medium difficulty to average people and other sectors are of higher difficulty.

【 Management 】

• Environmental limit: The trail passes through the Reserve of antiques, the Ecological Reserve in the Jade Mountain National Park and part of it passes through the Huadong Valley National Landscapes Zone.
• Type of facility/Intensity of development: To keep the area as it is, the leg between Dongpu and Batonguan shall be kept from major development. Only local repairs shall be provided to the trail at this time. When necessary, number of tourists shall be kept under control, as this is a type 2 trail in the specifications of national trail systems. As other sectors are not apt for explorations and number of tourists shall be kept under strict control, this is a type 3 trail in the specifications of national trail systems.

The Qing Dynasty Batonguan Historic Trail stretches east across the main ridges of the Central Cordillera and is the oldest cross island road in Taiwan and a Class A National Historic Trail . The trail was built with the Moudan Incident when the Japanese invaded Taiwan. SHEN Baozhen, the Qing Dynasty ambassador who was visiting Taiwan with the purpose of building defense and transportation systems on the island. SHEN proposed to build mountain roads in northern, central and southern Taiwan, all passing through the Central Cordillera. The central leg, which was the Batonguan Historic Trail then was to educate the aboriginal and invite immigrants in the same time. The Historic Trail endured the initial stage of the Japanese Occupation and in 1918, the Japanese successfully built the Batonguan Cross Mountain Trail as we know today and the Qing Dynasty Batonguan Historic Trail was closed. In 1987, when it was found that the 2 trails are two different systems. The Cross Mountain built by the Japanese to tam the aboriginal did cross the Qing Dynasty Batonguan Historic Trail , but the 2 systems separate from each other to the east of Dashuiku.

The cultural remains available in the trail at this time are the Qing Dynasty stone stairs, the police stations at Walami (Forest Observatory today), Japanese houses, canons used to pacify the aboriginal, monuments and the Batonguan road building monuments as well as martyr monuments. Of the Qing Dynasty Historic Trail , the only leg available is the 20km or something between Dongpu Hotspring and Batonguan Prairie, as most of the Historic Trail is lost in the mountain and barely legible. Except for the Historic Trail remains, the only intact remains are the 64 stairs of 8-foot wide in front of the Father-and-Son Cliff and the small fragment of the stone stairs on top of the river valley between the Yinu Fall and Duiguang.

The Batonguan Historic Trail is located at between 200m~3,805m above sea level and common plantation species are: Taiwanese twin-leafed pines, the Jade Mountain azalea and bamboo. Prairie and maple make other attractions. When it comes to fauna, Taiwanese black bears and boars, muntajacs and water deer are the common ones.

Overlooking the Siji Tribe from the Jiaping Forest Trail.   By Guo, Y. Yuri	A view after a forest fire, showing remaining bamboo   By Guo, Y. Yuri
Overlooking the Siji Tribe from the Jiaping Forest Trail   By LIN Yaoyuan	A view after a forest fire, showing remaining bamboo   By AUYANG Taisheng
Remains of a stone house in Abulanshe.   By AUYANG Taisheng	The Batonguan Historic Trail used to be a part of the Japanese Garrison Trail and the picture shows the Dafen Police Station, one of the many in old days.   By CAI Bailu
Dashuiku Mountain, one of the top 100 mountains in Taiwan, with a 400~500m long collapse.   By AUYANG Taisheng	Overlooking the distant mountains from the Lakulaku Creek on the north side of the mountain, the Batonguan Historic Trail stretches to Yuli along the south side of the creek.   By CAI Bailu
The Batonguan Historic Trail nears the middle point of the trail when reaching Dashuiku Mountain.   By AUYANG Taisheng	¦ Shiuguping that used to be a forest underwent evolution before turning into a prairie as it is today. By CAI Bailu   By CAI Bailu
Overlooking the inviting Shiuguluan Mountain, one of the 5 highest peaks, from Dashuiku Mountain.   By AUYANG Taisheng	The Yunlong Fall on the cliff of the Batonguan Trail is the highest and most abundant fall in Taiwan.   By LIN Yaoyuan
The Yinu Fall is also known as the 7-silk Fall flows into the Chenyoulan River.   By LIN Yaoyuan	The marble wall by the Magecituo Creek turns slippery with moisture.   By AUYANG Taisheng
The stone stairs in the Batonguan Historic Trail of the Qing Dynasty.   By CHEN Zhongyu