Cukengkou Hiking Trail Introduction
The CuKengkou Hiking Trail is located in Sijiaotian, Ruifang District. After passing the Sijiaotian bus stop on Ruiba Highway, the first entrance is at CuKeng Intersection, where you turn right. You will first reach the Changxing Temple, which has existed since the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty and is a historic site. Not far from the temple, below the roadside cemetery, is an abandoned Sanrong Coal Mine. It is said that the owner of the Sanrong Coal Mine Company at that time was a woman, and locals also refer to CuKengkou as "ChaMoKeng". Although there are many forks along the trail, there are signposts, making it hard to get lost. When you reach the upper exit of the trail, don't rush back; instead, walk right for about 3-5 minutes along the path to a viewing platform, where you can overlook the Sijiaotian area and also catch a distant view of Wufen Mountain. DacuKeng has a gold mining history of nearly a century. At its peak, the gold mining industry attracted a population of 3,000, making it one of the three regions with the highest consumption capability in Taiwan along with Jinguashi and Jiufen, filled with entertainment venues such as casinos, hotels, and billiard halls, earning it the nickname "Little America". The films "Dust of Time" and "A City of Sadness" were filmed here, and the settlement described in the film "DuoSang" refers to DacuKeng. There are two abandoned classrooms in the settlement, which were originally part of the Dasha Branch of Hohuang Elementary School, where director Wu Nien-Jen completed his fourth-grade education.
