Hualien Lushui Trail

Trail Introduction

    Lushui Trail was part of the Old Cross-Hehuan Mountain Road. The Taroko National Park Headquarters & Visitor Center rebuilt it into paths due to the good road condition, beautiful landscape and significant ecological value. The width of the path is about 2 meters which is about the same as during the Japanese Era. (1895-1945) The trail has a gentle slope and is easy to walk. It is a sight-seeing path that is suitable for all ages. There is a 30 meter tunnel along the trail, so please bring a flash light.


    Dense forest, cliff terrain, plants growing on the rock and historical monuments are the characteristics of the Lushui Trail. You can view the historical monuments of Taroko National Park and observe the special botanical ecosystem. Walking on this historic path you follow in the footprints of earlier people.


    Standing on the cliff, you overlook the Liwu River valley and the Lushui terrace. There are plants growing on the rocks that symbolize vitality. Among those plants, the Taroko oak is a rare species in Taiwan.


    Lushui was once the home to the Taroko settlement known as "Tuoyou’en." The geological exhibition hall was once Taroko Scenic Area Administrative Office of Hualien County Government, Taroko National Park Headquarters and Taroko National Park Police Corps Office. Walks on 2 km Lushui Trail generally starts from the Lushui exhibition hall, links to the gravel paths at the end of the trail and finally returns to the Central Cross-Island highway near the campsite.

Historical humanities

   Lushui trail was originally part of Acacia Lingling Road, Acacia more than three years ago, about three hundred years ago, Taroko tribe over the central mountains settled in the fog Creek along the coast, relying on the inter-tribe social interrelated. Japan launched the battle of the Taroko, that is, along the community to attack the Taro clan tribe, Taroko after the battle, the Japanese continue to clean up the road and along the line have set up military police stationed in the Institute, in order to achieve control Tarou area the goal of.In 1927 Tarou Gorge was selected as one of Taiwan's eight scenic spots, in 1932 Hualien Harbor Hall and Taichung City were stationed Acacia road inspection, in February 1935 from Hualien Harbor Hall to Taichung City fog community section finally flow, this route change Called Across the road.Which from the confluence of green water to this trail, by the Taroko National Park Management Office renovation for the green water trail, retaining the trail of most trails.

 

The first station green water geological terrain display hall

    The entrance to the green water trail is located next to the Green Water Geological and Geographic Exhibition Hall and before the Green Water Trail, you can visit the exhibition hall and collect the relevant information.Green water geological terrain display hall, including the formation of Taiwan, plate movement, the formation of the Tarou Gorge, the formation of river terraces, rock folds, faults, joints and other terrain, rock mineral structure.

The second station camphor tree

    Trail on the camphor tree under the often exudes a fragrance, camphor can be extracted camphor, smokeless gunpowder, and even wood can provide a wide range of building materials, from the Qing Dynasty to the Japanese rule, is the object of all cutting. It not only created the early Taiwan's economic development, but also in order to compete for camphor, and caused many of the campaign.

Originally Taiwan's low altitude large tracts of native camphor trees, after a hundred years after the catastrophe, has been running out. Green water trails of camphor trees, should be the Republic of 4, 50 years of afforestation.

The third station is a small bridge

    Not far from the camphor tree, there are two close to the unknown stream, long drought is not rain, the stream often dried up. Small bridge across the brook, only ten meters long, the two sides of the trees are dense quiet. There are three boulders on one end of the bridge, which are carved with metamorphic sandstone, green schist, metamorphic conglomerate, which can be recognized in these three rocks.

The fourth station is a small cave

    The cave is about thirty meters long, and if there is no flashlight, leaning on the mountain wall, about the middle of the cave, the opposite hole can penetrate the light. Small cave is not the original Acacia Lingling Road, but the Taroko National Park Management Office for the convenience of walking walk. Out of the hole, a marble cliff stands, trails and modern cross-road in the cliff on the lower side of the parallel, ancient and modern road in this form a strong contrast.

The fifth station cliffs

    Trail across the cliff, standing on the cliff on the broad field of vision, in the cross-road through the foot, Li fog Creek in this there is a big turn, the formation of meandering terrain, west can not see the green water management Standing to fall on the river terraces; east is the camping camp in the fog River and the middle of the road.Almost all of these plants are affected by the terrain of the terrestrial plants, including Taiwan's Arundo, Tarou oak, car sangzi, million years pine, curl, etc., and even can be seen from the high altitude down to this growth Taiwan thrips, this is because the environment here rock caused high growth in high-altitude plants of the special phenomenon of decline.

The sixth station

    The trail is a stone tablet left by the Japanese occupation of the monument, the inscription on the inscription, the word "hanging spirit" and engraved with four Japanese police name, the age from Taisho five years to Taisho eleven Year, should be commemorated the police who died in the year. The existence of the spirit of the temple, but also to prove that this road is part of the road.

Seventh Station Industrial Road

    The end of the trail received a wide industrial road, go down to the cross in the road. Industrial road for the sunny slope, the growth of plants are mostly hi sun-positive plants, including tree, blood with wild wild, Jiu Xiong, Roche salt wood, mountain jute, small industry mulberry.