Yùshān

Yùshān is the highest mountain in Taiwan, a commanding peak above the deep valleys of the island's interior. It is a sacred mountain to both Bunun and Tsou communities, known as Usavih to the Isbukun Bunun and Patungkuonu to the Tsou. In Bunun stories of a great flood, people and animals escaped the rising waters by climbing to the highest summits, including Yùshān. The mountain and its surrounding ridges also formed part of the homeland of communities whose paths and hunting grounds crossed the highlands.