Ancient methods recreate the wisdom of our ancestors! The "Atayal Traditional Barn" of the Wufeng Bailan Tribe in Hsinchu was opened.

In order to witness the integration of indigenous cultural heritage and ecological conservation, the Sheipa National Park Management Office today held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the "Atayal Traditional Barn" built according to ancient methods at the Bailan Tribe in Wufeng Township, Hsinchu County, together with Zhou Jingui, chairman of the Tribal Sustainable Development Association, and local elders, recreating the architectural wisdom of the ancestors and demonstrating the achievements of the co-prosperity of ecology and culture.

National Park Director Wang Chengji said that the barn symbolizes diligence and the continuation of family life in traditional Atayal society, and its high-rise moisture-proof and rodent-proof board design shows the craftsmanship of life. In addition to the reappearance of cultural buildings, tribal people have actively invested in the creation of Taiwanese sassafras tree habitats and the conservation of the national butterfly "Formosan broad-tailed swallowtail butterfly" in recent years, implementing the spirit of equal emphasis on ecology and culture.

Zhou Jingui emotionally expressed his gratitude to the Snow Management Office for accompanying the tribe for many years to take root, helping the tribesmen regain their traditional construction techniques and cultural confidence, and guiding young people to return home to participate in conservation. He hopes that the barn will become a new starting point for generations to pass on.

Since the Republic of China 101, the Snow Management Office has been working with the Bailan tribe to promote eco-tourism, promote the inheritance of mid-altitude Atayal wild bee trapping technology and the construction of ecological corridors for the Great Purple Nymphal butterfly. In July this year, the two parties signed a memorandum of cooperation and planted Taiwanese broad-tailed swallowtail butterfly herbivorous Sassafras sassafras seedlings. In addition, the Snow Management Office will conduct an ecological training program with tribes this year and pilot a low-carbon tour demonstration mechanism. When it matures in the future, it will be open to the general public to participate in order to achieve the goals of ecological sustainability and local co-prosperity.