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On the northeastern coast of the hot summer, in addition to the waves, whale watching, and flying umbrellas, today there are a group of volunteers who are carrying a gimmick to the Shikong Trail in Yilan, Australia, for a very different "hand-made trail". Experience journey.
Chen Meixiu, director of the northeast corner and Yilan management office, said that this year the Tourism Bureau promoted the "town roaming year", and the head town where the Shikong ancient road is located was selected as one of 30 "classic towns" in Taiwan in 2019, awarded by the Tourism Bureau. The "2019 Taiwan Classic Town" certification medals create a charming town tour through the ancient road roaming and local residents' creation.
Director Chen Meixiu further stated that the Management Office actively carried out the planning, construction and maintenance of the surrounding trails in the surrounding jurisdiction, and gradually implemented the normal maintenance mechanism with the concept of friendly environment and users to achieve natural human assets preservation and overall planning development. In May of this year, the Qianli Trails Association Honorary Trails and Senior Trails Division have completed the five demonstration methods of the Handan Road, Guling Road and the Guling Trail. In June, the road training for the Guling Trail was completed. During the working holiday, the local community, the management office volunteers and the actual management trail colleagues participate.
The Shikong Ancient Road is the Middle Road of Dialan Road. After two years of base investigation and local communication and coordination, the Shikong Ancient Road work holiday was launched. The activity is a tourism mode combining volunteer service and holiday leisure. Introduce the eco-tourism concept, combine the ancient road tour and special catering to bring benefits to the community partners and create sustainable economic value.
Under the leadership of the foreign Australian community guides, volunteers have a step-by-step understanding of the history of ancient roads and the story of the stone-walled settlement and the land temple. This short-cut approach to the trade of tea merchants in the past has also become the path to school for the students of Shikong’s settlements. Under the change of time and space, the settlement population moved outside, leaving behind the gradually-declining stone steps and empty shopyards for the mountain friends to tell the story of tea here. In the early years, residents of the stone-walled settlement will repair the roads in the Mid-Autumn Festival every year. This hand-made trail work holiday is specially arranged at this time, which is especially meaningful.
Different from the general construction method of the project, the hand-made trails use simple tools to take materials on the spot, use the existing stone and fallen wood, follow the traditional techniques, repair the damaged and damaged trails, and repair the old roads. As old as it is, it integrates the local natural environment and becomes a way for travelers to explore. Through the participation of volunteers and the joint efforts of the people, in the process of deep interaction with the land, the distance between man and nature has been brought closer, and the care for the environment has also been enhanced.
The maintenance of the ancient road is a long-lasting road. In conjunction with the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Communications, this year will promote the "Rising Year of the Town" and the "Year of the Ridge Mountains" in the next year. The Future Management Office will cooperate with the inspection cycle of the trail and combine the resources of the surrounding accommodation and experience. Planning different types of work holidays, invite more volunteers to join, so that the concept of public-private cooperation to protect the green road environment can be opened and spread, and continue to deep into the hearts of the people.
