Xueshan or Sekuwan (in Atayal, formerly known as Mount Sylvia among others) is a mountain in the Heping District of Taichung, Taiwan. It is the 2nd-highest mountain in Taiwan and in East Asia, at 3,886 m (12,749 ft) above sea level. It is located in the Shei-Pa National Park and is visible in good weather from hills near Taiwan's capital Taipei.
| 雪山 | |
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| Snow Mountain | |
 The summit as seen from the east peak | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,886 m (12,749 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 1,932 m (6,339 ft)[1] |
| Listing | Ultra 100 Peaks of Taiwan |
| Coordinates | 24°23′00″N 121°13′48″E / 24.38333°N 121.23000°E[1] |
| Geography | |
  雪山 The location of Xueshan (Shei-Pa National Park) | |
| Location | Heping District, Taichung/ Tai'an, Miaoli County, Taiwan |
| Parent range | Xueshan Range |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Maintained trail, snow/ice climb during some winter months |
| Xueshan | |||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 雪山 | ||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Snowy Mountain | ||||||||||||||
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| Former names | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 三叉山 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | 3-Prong Mountain | ||||||||
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| Tsugitakayama | |||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Chinese | 次高山 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Next-Highest Mountain | ||||||
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| Japanese name | |||||||
| Kanji | 次高山 | ||||||
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Names
editXuěshān is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese name 雪山, meaning "Snowy Mountain", it is romanized as Hsüehshan using the previous Wade-Giles system. Japanese historian Taira Shidehara suggests that 雪 is short from 雪高翁, transliteration of Atayal Sekoan or Sekuwan which means "cracking into gravel".[2][3][4][5]
During the Qing Dynasty, the mountain was known to Westerners as Mount Sylvia.[6][7][8] It was also known as Shan-chas-shan[6] (properly, Sānchāshān) from a Chinese name meaning "3-Forked" or "3-Prong Mountain". During Japan's occupation of Taiwan, improved surveys showed that Xueshan was shorter than Yushan on Taiwan but taller than Mount Fuji in the Japanese Islands. Its name was accordingly changed to Tsugitakayama (次高山), meaning "Next-" or "Second-Highest Mountain", in 1923.
History
editThe mountain was first climbed in 1935 by Japanese climbers.[9]
The Japanese governor-general designated Xueshan part of the Tsugitaka-Taroko National Park by the Governor-General of Taiwan on 12 December 1937.
Climbing
editXueshan is a part of the Shei-Pa National Park and so climbers are required to apply for a park entry permit. This can be done 5–60 days in advance. International hikers can apply for a park entry permit between 35 days and 4 months in advance. After that a police mountain entry permit must be applied for. This can be done at the police station in Wuling Farm on the spot.
There are two cabins on the trail. The first, Chika Cabin, is at the 2.0 kilometers (1.2 mi) mark. The second, 369 Cabin, is at the 6.9 kilometers (4.3 mi) mark. Both cabins are spartan, and contain bunker style beds. Hikers must bring their own sleeping and cooking gear.
The peak is at the 10.9 kilometers (6.8 mi) mark.[10]
Gallery
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Xueshan Main Peak -
Shengleng Trail (Holy Ridge Trail) -
Cirque or Landslide Valley #1 -
Cui Pond
See also
editReferences
editCitations
edit- ^ a b c "Central and Eastern China, Taiwan and Korea" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2011-11-24.
- ^ 楊忠義 (2019-12-19). 雪霸國家公園園區山川古蹟之傳統名稱（泰雅族）先期調查計畫案 期末報告書 (PDF) (Report). 雪霸國家公園管理處. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-04.
- ^ 林益仁; 王信翰 (2014). "自然資源的治理——一個泰雅族的模式初探". 台灣原住民族研究學報. 4 (4): 139–172. ISSN 2308-3263. Archived from the original on 2022-01-03. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ^ 蕭世暉; 汪明輝 (November 2016). "解殖民的文化地景再現：以泰雅族人繪製「會吟唱的地圖」為例" (PDF). 地理研究 (65). 國立臺灣師範大學地理學系: 107–142. doi:10.6234/JGR.2016.65.05. ISSN 1019-6684. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-03. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ 林益仁; 嘎義亞威; 羅恩加（佤但‧達路）; 官大偉 (December 1997). 雪霸國家公園鄰近地區（尖石、大同等）泰雅族口述歷史訪談暨部落發展規劃 (PDF) (Report). 台灣原住民族學院促進會. 內政部營建署雪霸國家公園管理處.
- ^ a b EB (1879), pp. 415–6.
- ^ Campbell (1896), map.
- ^ Davidson (1903), map.
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952). "Sylvia, Mount". The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World. Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press. p. 1856. OCLC 802473294.
- ^ "Mt. Xue Main Peak & East Peak Trail". Hikingbook Inc. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
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