泰雅穀倉柱上的防鼠板

人物抱著穀物站在高架穀倉前的情境圖
高架穀倉與收穀情境圖。

2026年11月11日,新竹縣五峰鄉白蘭部落為依古法搭建的泰雅傳統穀倉舉行落成剪綵。自由時報當天報導,雪霸國家公園管理處與部落協會、在地耆老一同參與,並介紹挑高防潮與防鼠板兩項設計。看這座建築,可以先把目光移到柱子。

糧食離地,柱上再加一道防鼠板

柱子抬起穀倉,讓儲糧空間離開地面。原住民族文化園區的泰雅糧倉典藏說明,以環山部落展示用穀倉為例,解釋高架設計有助防潮,柱腳上的防鼠板則用來阻擋老鼠攀登。這能說明構造的用途,卻不能保證每座穀倉都能完全杜絕鼠害。

看懂這兩個部位,屋體下方的空間就有了具體意義:地面與存糧之間隔開一段距離,沿柱子向上的路徑又多了一道阻礙。至於白蘭這座穀倉的接合方式、木材種類與尺寸,不能從其他部落的案例直接套用。重建採古法,並不等於各地都使用同一種做法。

存糧之外,還有儀式與地方差異

雪霸的泰雅建築介紹提到,傳統穀倉也會儲存酒類、醃肉等食物,材料可見茅草、竹材、樹皮與木板。把穀倉只理解成一個防潮防鼠的箱子,仍少看了一部分:苗栗縣的入倉祭紀錄也記載收穀、祝禱與封倉。這是另一地區的祭儀紀錄,不能當成白蘭本次落成的活動內容。

檫樹棲地與試辦中的遊程

同一篇落成報導也提到,白蘭族人參與臺灣檫樹棲地營造與臺灣寬尾鳳蝶保育。兩者的關係在幼蟲食物:林業及自然保育署的物種資料將臺灣檫樹列為寬尾鳳蝶在野外的唯一寄主植物。種下幼苗與維護棲地是保育行動,不能直接換成蝴蝶數量已經增加的結論。

截至11月11日報導,低碳遊程仍在試辦,待機制成熟後才開放一般大眾參與。穀倉落成與遊程正式開放,是兩件各有時間的事。計畫前往白蘭參加這項遊程,應先查詢部落或管理處的最新公告,不能把落成新聞當成已可報名的資訊。

日本也能找到柱上的防鼠構件

福岡縣介紹平塚川添遺跡的資料,展示復原高床倉庫柱上的「鼠返」。兩地都面對保護穀物的需求,也都能找到阻擋鼠類的構件。這個比較有助辨認功能,沒有證明兩地技術有傳承關係。回看白蘭的穀倉,柱上的防鼠板讓存糧這件日常工作,留下了看得見的形狀。

— 洪俊傑


Rat Guards on a Tayal Granary

On November 11, 2026, a traditionally built Tayal granary was inaugurated in Bailan, Wufeng Township, Hsinchu County. The report in Liberty Times describes the involvement of Shei-Pa National Park Headquarters, the community association and local elders. It highlights the raised structure and rat guards. The posts offer a useful starting point for looking at the building.

Raising the grain and guarding the posts

A cultural-park archive entry about a display granary in Huanshan explains the functions: raising the store helps protect it from damp, while boards on the posts obstruct climbing rodents. These are design purposes, rather than a guarantee that every granary is entirely rodent-proof.

The space below the store separates food from the ground, while a guard interrupts the route up a post. Timber, dimensions and connections described for another community cannot simply be assigned to Bailan’s new granary. Traditional construction varies between places.

Storage also has a ceremonial setting

Shei-Pa’s account of Tayal buildings describes granaries storing grain, alcoholic drinks and preserved meat, with materials including thatch, bamboo, bark and boards. A Miaoli record of a granary-filling ceremony also describes blessings and sealing the store. That is a record from another area, not a description of Bailan’s inauguration.

Sassafras habitat and a trial tour

The inauguration report also describes community work on Taiwan sassafras habitat and broad-tailed swallowtail conservation. The Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency identifies Taiwan sassafras as the butterfly’s only host plant in the wild. Planting and habitat care are conservation activities; they do not by themselves establish that butterfly numbers have risen.

As of the November 11 report, the low-carbon tour remained a trial, with public participation planned once its arrangements mature. The granary’s inauguration and a public tour opening are separate events. Anyone planning to join this tour should check current community or park announcements rather than treat the inauguration report as booking information.

A comparable fitting in Japan

Fukuoka Prefecture’s account of the Hiratsuka Kawazoe site shows rat guards on a reconstructed raised storehouse. The comparison helps explain a shared storage problem and a comparable fitting. It does not establish a historical transmission of the technology. At Bailan, the guards give the everyday task of protecting grain a visible form.

— 洪俊傑

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