Ita Thao Wharf Platform

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Ita Thao is a settlement of the Thao people who lived on the banks of Sun Moon Lake for generations, and was formerly known as Dehuashe. Many people think of Ita Thao as just a pier next to Sun Moon Lake. In fact, across the mountain side of the Huantan Highway, there is also the Ita Thao Combination House Tribal Area, which is also the entrance to the Shuishe Dashan Trail.

Ita Thao Street is a very tasteful cultural block in the Sun Moon Lake area. The streets are lined with handicrafts and specialty shops, and the combination house tribe at the entrance of Shuishe Dashan has Thao stories painted on the exterior walls of the simple buildings. The combination of the two , don't have a style.

Zhulu Market: When you come to Yida Thao Tribe, it is not difficult to experience the native culture of the Thao people. There is the Zhulu Market here, whose name comes from the Legend of the White Deer in the legends of the Thao people.

Harvest Festival: Thao’s yearly rituals include sowing festival, weeding festival, hunting festival, eel worship festival, harvest festival and so on. Every year in the eighth month of the lunar calendar is the Harvest Festival of the Thao people. If there is an officiant, the "big new year" will be held for nearly one month, and if there is no one, the "small new year" will be held for four days. During the "Great Chinese New Year" Harvest Festival, the whole clan is mobilized. There are ceremonies such as pounding stones, worshiping the father-in-law's basket, rubbing arms for blessings, chiseling teeth, building the ancestral spirit house, and welcoming the sun and moon shields to pray for blessings and other ceremonies.

According to legend, the ancestors of the Thao people came from Alishan, found a big white deer in the mountains, chased the white deer over mountains and mountains, and came to Sun Moon Lake. They found that the lake was full of fish and beautiful scenery, and they settled on the bank of Sun Moon Lake. Lalu Island in the lake became their ancestral land. , Shuishe Mountain has also become a holy mountain.