Hépíng (和平) is a vast mountainous district in eastern Taichung, the largest in the city by area and home to a Tayal majority. The Dajia River cuts through the district along the route of the Cross-Island Highway (中橫公路), a Cold War era road built at great human cost and commemorated by the Roadworkers Martyrs’ Shrine (路工忠烈祠). Lishan Guesthouse (梨山賓館), designed by the same architect as Taipei’s Grand Hotel, served as a mountain retreat for Chiang Kai-shek. Further downstream, the Guguan Power Plant (谷關水力發電廠), completed in 1961 as the first major hydroelectric project of the post-war era, was abandoned after the 921 Earthquake.
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Kurasu Railway Station (久良栖車站), Maifukutsubo Shinto Shrine (埋伏坪祠), Fushoushan Villa (福壽山莊), Fushoushan Farm Songlu Villa (福壽山農場松廬), Liming Shinto Shrine (黎明神社), Baxianshan Shinto Shrine (八仙山社), Wushikeng River House (烏石坑溪中屋), Baileng Canal Intake (白冷圳入水口), Fushoushan Farm Daguan Pavilion (福壽山農場達觀亭), Qingshan Guesthouse (谷關青山行館), Giant’s Hand (巨人之手), Baxianshan Eight Views Monument (八仙山台灣八景入選紀念碑), Tianlun Power Plant (天輪水力發電廠), Shuifen Shinto Shrine (白冷圳水分社), Heping Zhulin Catholic Church (和平竹林天主堂), Songhe Forestry Dormitories (松鶴林務局員工宿舍群), Tsugitaka Shinto Shrine (次高社), Roadworkers Martyrs’ Shrine (路工忠烈祠), Baxianshan Police Garrison (八仙山警官駐在所), Guguan Power Plant (谷關水力發電廠), Wuling Guesthouse (武陵行館), Kurasu Shinto Shrine (久良栖祠), Anmashan Workstation (原鞍馬山工作站), and Lishan Guesthouse (梨山賓館).