Without Fushoushan Farm, there would be no Zhongheng – Snow Mountain Wuling Road past and present (5)

[Without Fu Shoushan Farm, there would be no Zhongheng]
[Wuling Road in Snow Mountain, Past and Present Five]

Without the Rongmin, there would be no Fushoushan Farm; without the Fushoushan Farm, there would be no Zhongheng Highway; without the development of the Zhongheng Highway, the Lishan area would not be as prosperous as it is now.

Wuling Farm is well-known, but there is also a beautiful farm in Lishan along the Provincial Highway from Provincial Highway 7 to Provincial Highway 8, which is Fu Shoushan Farm!

In the past, most people would stay overnight when going to Wuling Farm, but in the past, they only played and seldom stayed at Fushoushan Farm. When it was rare to stay overnight, I found that Fushoushan Farm is also very beautiful! Today, when it is difficult to travel abroad due to the epidemic, spending the early morning at Fu Shoushan Farm is like being abroad!

The two farms once shouldered the historical mission of supporting the development of supplies for the Central Trans-Highway and resettling retired national troops who retreated to Taiwan.
In the 1980s, in response to the government’s implementation of the land restoration policy, it began to strengthen afforestation and restoration work, and gradually transformed it into a tourist farm focusing on leisure and recreation.

At that time, many veterans went to the mountains to cultivate land, and they had an inseparable symbiotic relationship with the farms.

Over the past 60 years, Wuling and Fushoushan Farms have accumulated many touching historical stories, including colonization by veterans and interactions with neighboring Huanshan tribes. These are the most valuable assets!

The less well-known Fu Shoushan Farm is located between the Central Mountains and the Snow Mountains, with an altitude of 2,100 meters to 2,614 meters. It is surrounded by mountains and has a vast view. It has a unique alpine pastoral landscape, high mountain tea (Fushou Changchun tea) and fruits (honey apples, peaches, pears, etc.) with excellent quality.

Fu Shoushan Farm has distinct climates throughout the four seasons, with ever-changing clouds at dawn and dusk, giving rise to beautiful scenery that is completely different in the four seasons! As the four seasons change, cherry blossoms, plum blossoms, peach blossoms, and apple blossoms bloom one after another in spring, welcoming the arrival of spring on the farm; then in summer, golden cat’s ear chrysanthemums decorate the green hills, making them even more dazzling under the sunlight; in autumn and winter, In the harvest season, peaches, pears, apples, etc. are fruitful, sweet and full.

Compared with Wuling Farm and Cingjing Farm, Fushoushan Farm is also operated by the Retirement Association and is less well-known;
It is located in Zhongheng, and several earthquakes and typhoons have blocked the way to Fushoushan. The road is not that convenient; Fu Shoushan Farm, a farm developed to support the construction of the Zhongheng Highway, has many historical memories in it!
At that time, the farm was developed to provide logistical support for the veterans who reclaimed the Zhongheng Highway and to assist veterans in changing jobs. As the phased tasks were completed, the farm was transformed.

In those days, when you went up to the mountains, you could not get down to the flat ground. You stayed there for 50 years. In order to let the veterans reclaim the mountainous areas that were originally barren, Chiang Ching-kuo, who was the chairman of the Retired Auxiliary Association at the time, came here many times to visit the honors. People fight for feelings.

The farm has been transformed into an ecological tourist park. Tea is the lifeblood. Fushou Mountain Tea brings business opportunities to the farm every year. Only top-quality tea with one heart and two leaves is harvested here, all of which are harvested manually. Apples are also a treasure here, although they are The farm does not provide on-site fruit picking, but the entire apple tree must be picked.

The 921 earthquake and typhoon disrupted the Zhongheng section, and the transportation convenience is not as good as other farms operated by the Retirement Association. This caused the Fushou Mountain farm management to rack their brains, from scenic spot planning to meal services, as well as high-economic agricultural products. All have to innovate.

As the veterans wither away, that is, when the national budget subsidies become less and less, how to continue to operate the farm self-sufficiently is the common goal of the existing hundreds of employees.

Half a century later, the young men who came to cultivate the mountains have become old men. Their stories may not be remembered by many, but every plant and tree in Fushoushan Farm is the result of their hard work. Witness that the beautiful scenery of history is passed down from generation to generation.

The mountain road at the farm headquarters winds all the way up, and Daguan Pavilion and Tianchi are at a higher altitude! Full of beauty and aura.
Next time you pass through Lishan on the Zhongheng Main Line, don’t forget to go to Fushoushan Farm. Everyone can also share the wonderful experience of going to Fushoushan Farm!