Monument to the Ancestral Origin of Indigenous Peoples — According to oral traditions of the Puyuma people, Taiwan was originally submerged underwater, with a land bridge connecting Orchid Island and Green Island.

Monument to the Ancestral Origin of Indigenous Peoples. According to oral traditions of the Puyuma people, Taiwan was originally submerged underwater, with a land bridge connecting Orchid Island and Green Island. According to oral traditions of the Puyuma people, Taiwan was originally submerged underwater, with a land bridge connecting Orchid Island and Green Island. Later, the island of Taiwan emerged from the sea, and the land where they once lived sank into the ocean. Even the sun and moon disappeared, leaving only five siblings alive. One boy was sent to the sky to become the sun, and one girl became the moon. The other two boys and one girl drifted to the mountains near Sanhe Village and Huayuan Village in Taimali Township, Taitung. The place where they landed is called "Lu Fa An" or "Panapanayan" by the tribe, which means "place of origin" in the Puyuma language. This is also where the Monument to the Ancestral Origin of Indigenous Peoples is located. Address: 臺東縣太麻里鄉三和村及華源村交界處公路邊 Hours: 00:00–23:59 Taitung