Cultural Beauty

Atayal Tribal Museum

Atayal Tribal Museum

Wulai is the hometown to Atayal, whose unique culture including harvest or religious festivities attract tourists from all over the world each year. The more significant ones include the festivals on cultivating, sowing, harvesting, and memorizing the ancestors (held in July) - which is especially important. Atayal includes the Atayal and Sejiq. The population is only second to Amis and is the second largest tribe in Taiwan. Their face tattoos are very famous, and Atayal people believe it is a symbol of beauty. Girls and boys in this tribe must first become weavers and warriors respectively before they are allowed to have face tattoos and get married.

Atayal Tribal Museum

Opened in 2005, this facility has a rich display of Atayal relics and culture. In order to prevent the loss of culture when promoting tourism, this museum conserves aboriginal culture with Atayal totems outside he museum and items that demonstate the tribe's history, culture, and art inside the museum. There are also traditional Atayal techniques demonstrated by female tribe members.

Wulai Waterfall and Cable Car

Water rushing down from the 80-meter tall Wulai waterfall forms a magnificent white belt that attracts many tourists to come to the Warrior Square to enjoy the beautiful scenery. Wulai cable car that spans across Nanshi River near Pubu St. isn't only a beautiful landmark of Wulai but is also a great aerial observatory to view the waterfall.