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ChashanTribe

Phone:886-5-2593900 Address:18ofTaiwansAlishanHighway
ChashanislocatedatthebeginningoftheCenwunRiver,theverysouthtopoftheAlishanTownship."Chashan"iscalled"Jiayama"inTsoulanguage.Itmeans"plainonthemountainwaist".Itisthelargestareaamongthe9partsofAlishanTownship.Themountainreservedlandisverybroadandtheweatherhereiscomfortableandnice.Thereareabout400citizensinChashanTribemostofthemmovedhereaftertheJapaneseEra,soitisaveryyoungtribe.Thetribehappenstobeonanintersectionofthreeroadsleadingtothemajorgatheringplacesofeverytribe,includingDapuoftheBunongTribe,ShanmeiofHanpeople,andShanminTownshipofTsouTribeinKaohsiung.SixtypercentofthepeoplehereareTsouTribe,thirtypercentofthemareHanpeople,andonlyabout10percentofthemareBunongTribe.ThebiggestfeatureoftheChashanTribeisitsfamouspavilionculture.Inthevillagethereareallkindsofpavilions,andalmostallofthemaremadeofthatch,bambooandwood.ThetopofapavilionisanimportantindicatortoidentifyJiayamaTribe:paviliontopsoftheBunongTribeareflat,andTsouTriberound.Simplewoodensculpturescanbeseenattheentranceofeverypavilion.Observingthosesculpturesisagoodwayforoutsiderstoknowabouttheaboriginalpeople'sculture.PavilioncultureisimportantforpeopletointeractinsideChashanTribe.Somewouldevenhangfruitstheypickedunderneaththepaviliontosharewitheveryone.Evenvisitorsontheoutsidecantakefruitsbythemselves.SummerisabusyagricultureseasonfortheChashanTribe.TheyoftenplantseedsinFebruary,MarchandApril.AprilandMayarethebesttimetocatchfishintheriver.MayandJunearerainingseason,sotheygohuntinguntilAugust.Winteristheleisuretimeforfarmers.Theyusuallygettogetheratnightbythefireandtellstories.ChashanTribelikestoshare.Theirhospitabilityandkindnesstovisitorsontheoutsideareimpressiveallthetime
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