Wujiutong Mountain Trail Introduction
After challenging the Yangchou Forest Trail, is your adventurous spirit still yearning for more? The nearby Wujiao Mountain Trail is waiting for you to conquer it with your passion, offering a unique perspective to experience Luzhu! The Wujiao Mountain Trail is about 4 kilometers long, interconnected by five routes, with an elevation difference of approximately 80 meters, allowing you to break a sweat and surpass your limits! As for the origin of the name Wujiao Mountain, one theory suggests that during the Ming Zheng period, Mr. Cai Guangsheng and his five sons, who relocated here, loved drinking and had a remarkable capacity for alcohol, often finishing a barrel of wine in one gathering, thus the name Wujiao Mountain. Another explanation is that villagers brought their cattle here to drink water, leading to the original name "Niu Shui Tong Shan" (Cattle Water Barrel Mountain), which was later phonetically transformed into Wujiao Mountain. Every holiday, the Nantan Temple on Changxing Road is always bustling with crowds, filled with worshippers and many hikers. Entering the Nankan Mountain Trail from the parking lot of Nantan Temple, hikers will find the "Yingguang Charity Steps," a wide stone staircase of 170 steps built by enthusiastic mountain friends, offering a gentle and safer ascent. Continuing along the cement path, passing the Chunqiu Pavilion, you will reach Nankan Mountain at an elevation of 155 meters, where a third-order triangulation point is located, providing a spectacular view of the Taiwan Strait and the international airport. From here, you can take the Liufu Trail, which is a relatively secluded and undulating dirt path, just like the original stone staircase path, both leading to Wujiao Mountain. After passing the Forgetting Sorrow Pavilion, you will occasionally see scenic stacks of five wine jars guiding visitors to the rest platform where the Guanyin statue stands at Wujiao Mountain, which is also a junction for other routes. Continuing straight will lead you to the ancient Zigong Road, where turning left will take you to the steeper Haishan Road and the Huan Mountain Trail, both intersecting at the Luntou Fude Temple, a cultural wonder known as the "temple within a temple," attracting many travelers to explore. The highest elevation along the trail is at Shanbi Mountain, and the sea of Japanese pampas grass in autumn is a fantastic sight not to be missed.
