Caoling Historic Trail located on Northeastern of Taiwan to connect with Taipei and Yilan ,for exploring Yilan plain and providing deal in business. Since the trail was built in 1807, it was an important and busy way until the railway was finished, taking the train and bus instead of walking. Now the classic trail is a hot traveling line.
We started from Fulong along Yuanwanken Waterfront Park and Wukou to Dali Tiangon Temple . Stepping on the ancient path and thinking of the ancestors who carried goods on their shoulders hurrying in the trails on foot was excited . They devoted themselves to pursue their dreams , no longer escaping to face the challenge by calling and quit to go ahead, we are grateful for their effort .
Wukou located on a valley which the strong wind of Pacific Ocean blew into and broke all forest , just the Silver grass still survives today . As a Chinese philosopher,the founder of Taoism named Laozi, was born in 500BC,who said that the delicate still survives and the hard is easy to break.
Dali Tiangon Temple is a great worship center, when people started the path to face an indefinite future and the weather in the mountains could change rapidly to worship safety and owed the God a debt of gratitude for what had done .
Silver grass covering all hills and dancing to follow the wind is beautiful and spectacular and hiking on the classical Caoling historic Trail is a token of our gratitude to the ancestors.
健行於草嶺古道
草嶺古道位於台灣東北角連接台北和宜蘭，為了開發宜蘭平原和提供商務買賣交易，而於西元一八O七年闢建此路，在鐵路興建以前，它是一條非常重要和繁盛的路徑，直到火車和公路車取代了步行。現在這條古道是熱門的祣遊路線。
我們從福隆出發沿著遠望坑親水公園和埡口到大里天公廟。踩著古人踩過的小徑，想著先民肩挑負販步履匆促的走過，我們非常激動。他們致力於追求夢想，不逃避天命去面對挑戰，不離不棄勇往直前，我們感謝先民的努力奮鬥。
埡口位於山谷，太平洋吹進的強風，吹倒了所有的林木，僅有菅芒草至今仍然存活。正如一位公元前五百年的中國哲學家老子，在道德經所說，柔弱生之徒，老氏戒剛強，
大里天公廟是一座氣勢恢宏的信仰中心，當人們踏上征途，面對的是不確定的未來和山中詭譎多變的氣候，人們拜拜祈求平安，平安順利歸來還願獻上感激。
菅芒草覆蓋整個山頭，隨風飛舞，景色美麗又壯觀。在草嶺古道上健行緬懷先人我們致上感激。
