新社公共藝術 Pate Rungan Public Art/ 新社梯田

全台最大的臨海梯田，就位在豐濱鄉噶瑪蘭族新社部落。在豐濱鄉現存的噶瑪蘭族人口中，約有百分之二十的族人都在新社和立德兩個部落。新社在噶瑪蘭語中有「萬物養生之地」的涵義；據說宜蘭噶瑪蘭族遷徙至此，由於思念蘭陽平原豐足的稻田，所以就把這片臨海的台地打造成梯田。

每年六、七月這一年一穫的稻穀熟了，就會轉為黃澄澄的稻浪，與蔚藍太平洋交織成夢幻景象。稻田中也設置吸睛的造型鞦韆、竹編隧道與稻草人等公共藝術。由原民藝術工作者撒部．噶照所創作的造型鞦韆，取名為「土地上的快樂」；竹編廊道則是新社竹藤編藝術家杜瓦克．都耀和纖維藝術家陳淑燕共同打造的「巴特虹岸─在這安居的地方」。希望大家來此能用感恩的心情與土地相處，用溫柔的方式對待土地。

Taiwan’s largest seaside terraced fields is located in the Pate Rungan Tribal Village of the Kavalan Tribe in Fengbin Township. 20% of the Kavalan Tribal population of Fengbin reside in the Pate Rungan Tribal Village and the Kudic Tribal Village. Pate Rungan in the Kavalan language means “the land that nurtures all things”. It is said that the Kavalan Tribe of Yilan migrated here because they missed the paddy fields of the Lanyang Plains. Here they decided to turn the terraced land by the sea into terraced fields.

Every year in June or July, the crops will ripen and turn the fields to gold. The golden waves will weave into the cobalt-blue Pacific ocean, creating a dreamy vision. The crop fields are full of eye-catching public art installations such as swings, bamboo tunnels, and scarecrows. The artist and creator of the swing art installation, Sapud Kacaw, named the installation “The Happiness of the Land”. The bamboo woven corridor is the work of Tuwak Tuyaw, a Pate Rungan bamboo and rattan weaving artist, and Fiber Artist Chen Shu-Yen. They named it “ the safe homeland of the Pate Rungan” in hopes of encouraging others to be grateful and live harmoniously with the land, and be kind and gentle to the earth.

聯絡方式

• 地　　址｜花蓮縣豐濱鄉新社台11線43K Address: Hualien County, Fengbin Township, Pate Rungan, Taiwan Provincial Highway 11 at 43km.