Renzhiguan

A gorge on the Meixi River (眉溪) along the road from Puli to Wushe (霧社) in Renai, Nantou. The name, “the pass where people stop”, recalls its role from 1831 as the Qing dynasty boundary beyond which Han settlers were forbidden to go. On April 29th, 1902, Seediq warriors held the cliffs on either side to drive back a Japanese garrison advancing from Puli, a defeat the colonial government answered with a blockade of the Wushe highlands. Between Renai Bridge (仁愛橋) and Daguan Bridge (大觀橋), the river has cut through hard sandstone to form a slot canyon with near-vertical walls, which can be explored by river tracing.