Dai Ai Garden Introduction
After the Morakot disaster in 2009, Shanlin became an important base for home reconstruction. The Dajia Park includes facilities such as a church, workshop, Hope Square, Indigenous Culture Park, and Dajia Elementary School. However, the most valuable aspect is that residents, according to their respective ethnic legends, totems, and preferences for colors and shapes, have created a unique "vocabulary of homes" in Dajia Park. The houses of the Bunun people feature vibrant diamond patterns and totems of the sun and moon, while the houses of the Rukai and Paiwan people are decorated with images of pit vipers and lilies, which represent the legends and memories of their entire ethnic groups. If one sees couplets, that signifies a Han Chinese household. The "Xiao Lin Park," originating from Xiaolin Village, is connected by the Lion Bridge, donated by the Lions Club, and several clusters of bamboo become an important memory of the Indigenous hometown, Xiaolin.
