The Wushe Incident (1931 -1931)

The Wushe Incident was an aboriginal uprising when Japanese ruled Taiwan Province in 1931. The location is located in Wushe, Renai Township, Nantou County. The cause of the incident was that Monaru Dao, the leader of Mahpo tribe in Seddik, led the tribe of Dekeda subgroup (Seddik tribe became independent from the Atayal tribe due to language differences, and was renamed Seddik tribe. Now, during the Taroko Japanese occupation, the Sedekya tribe belonged to the same ethnic group.

The two ethnic groups have the same origin and culture, but they parted ways because of regional problems. Dissatisfied with the long-term brutal and tyrannical regime of the Japanese authorities, they jointly revolted in Wushegong.

The Japanese were killed in the school sports meeting. After the incident, the Governor's Office immediately dispatched military police and used weapons such as airplanes, mountain guns and poison gas to suppress it. From 1896 to 1921, Taiwan Province aborigines launched more than 151 armed anti-Japanese actions. In particular, the Wushe incident that broke out in 1931 was the worst.

Mona Ludo, an important figure in the incident, committed suicide. The tribes involved in the operation were almost extinct. Hundreds of aborigines hanged themselves under high pressure.

The Wushe incident shocked the Japanese authorities, and it was the last fierce armed anti-Japanese action by Taiwan Province people during the Japanese occupation. Taiwan's governor's policy of governing Tibet was challenged, which led to the resignation of Taiwan's governor, Hideki Ishizuka and General Manager Nijiro.

Lai He, a national poet who was called "the father of Taiwan Province literature" by later generations, wrote "Elegy of the South China" after the incident to mourn the aboriginal heroes who died in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.