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Rukai Legend of the Founding of Villages
By Unknown
It is said that the founder of Haocha village--Puraruyan--was a very strong and brave warrior. About 600 or 700 years ago in a place called Shichiparichi--located on Rarando mountain between Taimali and Chihpen in what today is Taitung county--Puraruyan and a cloud leopard followed Taimali creek into the mountains. There he went hunting on Mt. Wutou and Mt. Peitawu. Because his leopard didn't want to leave the place of Karusgan in the Tataudaiwan part of the Haocha area, Puraruyan discovered the scenic beauty of Haocha.
Therefore Puraruyan later led a band of his kin and tribesmen back to Haocha to settle and build their homes. Puraruyan continued west across high peaks and came to Manakual and the Lumingan plateau. Some of Puraruyan's moved to the latter place. Four or five households--roughly 40 people--settled at Haocha. Because Puraruyan's leopard had previously changed into a person at Kalesngan, the people commemorated this transformation by building a house at the spot.
Later Puraruyan's descendants built a house at Katsyanlan and called the place Kazangilan. This house was made into an ancestral shrine and used exclusively for sacrifices.
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