Jilai Hunter School Introduction
Jilai, derived from the Amis language CIDAL, not only means "sun" but also symbolizes "mother" in the matriarchal Amis society. Therefore, Jilai Hunter School is not only filled with passion and vitality but also aspires to protect the land and care for the people in the community, just like a mother protects her children. The traditional culture of the indigenous people has gradually been overlooked with modernization. Changes in industrial structure have severely impacted the original lifestyles of tribal members, forcing the youth to leave their hometowns for work, making it difficult to preserve the inherent traditional culture. Feeling this urgency, we established Jilai Hunter School with the original intention of inheritance, continuation, and protection, actively promoting the traditional culture of indigenous peoples and passing on the valuable knowledge, skills, life wisdom, and the values of coexisting harmoniously with nature to the next generation. We also hope that by combining tradition with leisure tourism, we can bring new vitality to the community, promote local employment opportunities, and allow the public to understand indigenous culture and this land from different perspectives. The experience activities at Jilai Hunter encompass both mountain and sea domains. Mountain experience activities include: fire-making, making traditional bamboo baskets, plant identification, ecological tours, creating hunting traps, making composite bows, and more.
