Dai Ai Park Introduction
After the Morakot disaster in 2009, Shanlin became an important base for home reconstruction. The Da Ai Park features facilities such as a church, workshops, Hope Square, an Indigenous cultural park, and Da Ai Elementary School. However, what is most valuable is that the residents, following their respective ethnic legends, totems, and preferences for colors and shapes, have formed a unique "vocabulary of homes" in Da Ai Park. The houses of the Bunun people display brightly colored diamonds and totems of the sun and moon, while the houses of the Rukai and Paiwan peoples are adorned with decorations of the hundred-pace snake and lily flowers, which represent the legends and memories of their entire ethnic groups. If you see couplets, that indicates a Han Chinese household. The "Xiao Lin Park" from Xiaolin Village is connected by the Lion Bridge, built with donations from the Lions Club, and several clusters of bamboo serve as an important memory of the indigenous Xiao Lin area.
