Ita Thao, a native banks of the lake Thao original inhabitants of the settlement, formerly known as Dehua community. Many people the impression that the Ita Thao Sun Moon Lake is the terminal side, in fact, across the ring road on the hillside lake, and Ita Thao prefabs tribal areas, there is also the mountain trail leading to the water community';s entrance.

Thao, Taiwan';s aboriginal population is the least family. According to legend, the Thao ancestors came from Ali, the early years, found a large deer in the mountains, over the mountains chasing the deer came to Sun Moon Lake, the fish found in lakes rich Jingmei, settled in Sun Moon Lake, lake of the Lalu Island into their ancestral spirits, the water community has become a holy mountainMt.

Ita Thao Sun Moon Lake region Avenue is the cultural flavor of most neighborhoods, streets full of craft and specialty shops, and in the water at the entrance to the mountain community of prefabricated homes tribe, a simple building painted walls Thao story, combining two , do not have style.

Compete in market

To the Ita Thao tribe, is not difficult to feel the culture of the Thao hometown, there are chase market, the name derived from the legends of the White Deer Thao legend Ita Thao Wharf is located in the Southern District. In addition to daily sessions on market performance outside the indigenous song and dance, Also provides Thao foods, indigenous snacks, specialty products, crafts, and Thao traditional canoes, four hands, nets, floating raft island Deng water experience.

Harvest Festival

Thao with planting ceremony at the age of ceremonies, weeding Festival, hunt, thanks to eel festival, harvest festival and so on. August is the annual Lunar New Year Thao Harvest Festival, is the sacrificial offering of the most important and biggest festival. If you have elected deacon, held nearly a month of the "big New Year," held for four days without the "Little New Year." "Great New Year" harvest festival, the whole family full out,A pounding sound, to pay their mother basket, wiping arm prayers, Zao Bi ceremony, cover housing the ancestral spirits, ancestral spirits greet patrol, Ying Sun and Moon Shield blessing ceremonies. If the time to visit, can be a full Elegantia Thao culture.

Dining

Snacks: Must Dini purple millet mochi Ita Thao is the best food, now is a big selling feature is now used for a box of 50. Jay Hutchison millet is burning the most beautiful street of shops, mochi, black tea egg rolls, and other snacks are sold Dorayaki, the most notable is the door is burning millet baked and sold. In addition, the boar is also very popular series of snacks , Mountain of pork sausage, wild boar dishes or good in markets to find.

Special: pork tribe mountains, mountain vegetables can taste. In addition, the local fish not to be missed, especially the power of Sun Moon Lake only odd fish and lake shrimp, fried, tastes sweet.

Accommodation

Ita Thao Wharf where the area around the hotel is the gathering place of Sun Moon Lake, there are many hotel features, and have a good view of the lake view.

Car:

1, the two high-Systems (a distance of about 55km)

Caotun Interchange - Provincial Highway 14 Tsaotun to Puli - Dart 21, a fish pond, Sun Moon Lake - Highway 21, 61km at Sun Moon Lake Road (see body of water left on Highway 21 by a 7km at the Man Mo Temple, Peacock Park, Youth Activity Center - A provincial highway 7 km on the 21st Sun Moon Village, Ita Thao tribe.

2, Zhongshan high system (a distance of about 72km)

No. Chungkang Road Chang AC to -74 FastSecond, the high road in the fast lane in the two official exchanges of high - Kuaiguan Interchange - Caotun Interchange - Provincial Highway 14 Tsaotun to Puli - Dart 21, a fish pond, Sun Moon Lake - Highway 21, 61km at Sun Moon Lake Road ( see the lake and turn left at the Highway 21 by a 7km at the Man Mo Temple, Peacock Garden, Youth Activity Center - Highway 21, a 7 km Sun Moon Village, Ita Thao tribe.