Jianshi Township Indigenous Culture Hall. Jianshi Township boasts a rich human history. For those looking to begin their exploration of this vast area, the Jianshi Township Indigenous Culture Hall serves as an excellent starting point. Jianshi Township boasts a rich human history. For those looking to begin their exploration of this vast area, the Jianshi Township Indigenous Culture Hall serves as an excellent starting point. Here, visitors can explore permanent exhibits featuring traditional homes, farming tools, and clothing, gaining insight into the Atayal people's past primary economic activities: farming and hunting, and the lifestyles that emerged from them. The hall also provides tourist maps and guidebooks for visitors. By observing the artifacts on display, visitors are transported through time, reliving the early lives of the indigenous people. The "Northwestern Multi-room Dwelling" is a house type influenced by the Hakka culture within the area, featuring bamboo walls and partitioned interior spaces, leading to improved living quality. The "Stilt House Watchtower" is a house type developed due to the mountainous terrain of the entire region, emphasizing a watchtower function to maintain tribal security. The space beneath the house could be used for raising poultry or as a gathering and fire-roasting area; the upper part offered views of cultivated areas and could store weapons or tools for long-distance observation. During the Japanese colonial period, it also served a defensive purpose. In addition to architecture, another section of the cultural hall displays fishing creels used for hunting, as well as traditional pestles and mortars for pounding millet. The creels are pot-shaped, woven from locally abundant natural materials—Makino bamboo—using the diagonal weaving technique commonly employed by the Atayal people. It combines both
Address: 新竹縣尖石鄉嘉樂村2鄰36號
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Hsinchu County