Minfan Boundary Monument Introduction
The "JiaYi Meishan Qianlong Indigenous Boundary Monument" is located on the road from Highway 162 to Taiping Village. At the point marked with a sign indicating 32 curves, turn left onto the industrial road and proceed about 800 meters to see the monument. The Indigenous Boundary Monument was established after the Kangxi era of the Qing dynasty to delineate the boundary between mountainous and flat land, originally consisting of six monuments, with the "Meishan Indigenous Boundary Monument" being the only surviving one. By the end of the Kangxi era, the mountainous region of Chiayi was part of the living territory of the indigenous peoples. By the beginning of the Yongzheng era, Meishan had no indigenous residents, making it an opening for the Han Chinese to settle. Since the Zheng regime, Han immigrants who traversed the sea to Taiwan engaged in reclamation and establishment of settlements in the fertile lands of the Chianan plains, attracting more immigrants. Consequently, during this time, immigrants from the indigenous homeland gradually moved into the mountainous area of Chiayi, leading to a reduction in the living space of indigenous peoples and affecting their original rights and interests.
