Dulan Site Introduction
Dulan comes from the local Amis language A'tolan (transliterated as Adu-Lan), which means a place with many stones and frequent earthquakes. Dulan Village in Donghe Township, Taitung County, is a typical Amis tribal community, backed by Dulan Mountain and facing the vast Pacific Ocean, offering picturesque scenery. Due to the long-term tectonic movements of the Coastal Mountain Range of Taitung, it presents a mountain range stretching over a hundred kilometers, with a spectacular marine terrace extending for 4 kilometers. The terrain here is very similar to the gentle slope of the marine terrace in Changbin Township. Perhaps due to the blessings of the ancient terrain, the geological changes over thousands of years have created a precious archaeological culture—the Dulan Site. The Dulan Site is a representative site of the megalithic culture on the East Coast, dating back about 3,000 years. The site is divided into the "Stone Wall Area" and the "Stone Coffin Area." In addition to these two areas officially designated as Class III historic sites, there are also three cultural relic locations: the terrace behind the Land Bank office, below the right side of the Taitung Forest Farm's soil bank building, and the backyard of the Dulan Farm of the Veterans Affairs Council. This last location is not included within the site boundaries, thus no archaeological preservation or maintenance can be carried out. Currently, only three stone walls remain standing in the Stone Wall Area, one of which has a pair of hemispherical protrusions on top and a pronounced appearance below, leading people to give it an interesting name: "Pregnant Stone." The prehistoric culture leaves endless imagination about the past, and after walking out of the shaded path beside the Dulan Site, remember that you have walked through the ancient dwelling of humanity on this quiet and old land thousands of years ago.
