Ancestral Origin Monument of Indigenous Peoples Introduction
According to the oral traditions of the Puyuma people, Taiwan was originally submerged under the sea, and there was land connecting Orchid Island and Green Island. Later, Taiwan Island emerged from the water, and the original land where people lived sank into the sea, causing the sun and moon to disappear, leaving only five siblings alive. One boy was sent to the sky to become the sun, a girl became the moon, and the remaining boy and two girls drifted to the mountains near Sanhe Village and Huayuan Village in Taitung's Taimali Township. The place where they landed is referred to by the tribe as "Luhaban" or "Banabana," which means "place of origin" in the Puyuma language. It is also the location of the monument marking the ancestors' birthplace of the indigenous people.
