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The Changguang (Chawkangan) Village is located in the Changbin Township, Taitung County, located approximately at 85K of National Highway No.11. Being a tribe facing the sea and backed by mountains, it is a beautiful tribe. Entering the Changguang Village, proceeding westward along the Changguang Industrial Road (No.13 of Eastern County Road), one immediately sights the straight "King Kong Road". Standing on this road, on both the north and south sides stretch endless terraced fields, layered obviously and situated on the foot of King Kong Mountain and the Pacific Seashore. The sea wind rises, the golden rice stalks sway with it, forming waves of rice fields resonating with the roaring sea, offering a spectacular view comparable to the famous "Ber-lang Road" of the eastern valley. The most renowned spot within the King Kong Mountain tribe is the "King Kong Mountain" located on the western seacoast. Under the combined effects of mountain terrain and the reflection of light and clouds, the terrain of this mountain resembles the figure of a giant gorilla standing on the summit, hence the origin of its name. It has become an important landmark of the Changguang community. On sunny days, the mountain shape is especially clear, the apparent facial outline and features of the King Kong Mountain standing on the coastal mountain wall, like the guardian deity of Changguang Village quietly watching over generations of the tribe's descendants. The long history behind the magnificent rice terraces The historical and cultural background of the Changbin area is quite long-standing. Similar to most of the indigenous tribal clusters along the eastern seacoast, Changguang Village has the Ami ethnic group as the largest population, and still preserves many cultural traditions and customs of the Ami tribe connected closely with the culture of the Ami of Daport coastal area to the north. The area is among the larger Ami communities in the eastern seacoast. During the Qing Dynasty, the indigenous people who moved to this area lived by growing upland rice and foxtail millet. In the Japanese colonial period, the Ami learned the technique of cultivating paddy rice from the Kavalan people who lived in a nearby location called Chengzi埔 (also in Changbin Township). Within only two years, the tribe achieved full conversion to paddy rice cultivation. Through an organized age-grade system for gathering community labor, irrigation canals were built, rapidly increasing the area of paddy fields and leading to a significant population growth.