河走過的地方 Where The River Runs

桃園市是台灣原住民人口第二多的城市，僅次於花蓮縣。許多原住民部落沿著大漢溪而居，與河流共同生活。

洪水、海洋與溪流的神話傳說在許多原住民族的文化中代代相傳，與生命、生活狀態緊緊相連，融入血液裡，孕育出面對自然生態深刻的理解與智慧。漢人信仰中也存在對海洋與溪流的崇敬。作為島嶼國家，我們的歷史文化由海與河交織而成，形塑出我們對土地的認知、想像。

本作品編織與河流相關的歷史記憶與當代生活，透過聲音、影像與裝置，構築一個流動於紀實與想像的空間，邀請觀眾進一步聆聽我們與水的連結。

在排灣族古訓裡，河流是天神走的路，神聖不可侵犯；
布農族說：河流有記憶。
洪水神話裡，阿里山鄒族在大水退去後，
跟著天神的腳印，到河川台地上建立部落。

阿美族是沿河海而居的民族，
泰雅族的遷徙則是沿著溪流的交會處，
往山上尋找平緩的地方建築部落家園。
原住民族的遷徙幾乎都與河川有關， 各自擁有屬於自己的河流故事。

受訪者：
達少．瓦旦 Tasaw Watan
莊曾照娘 Wagi Sulung
范振興 Losing Hayung
王金木 Kacaw
陳珍妹Wayan
蔡惠蘭Ako Sawtoy
影像設計：黃嘉文（HUANG Chia-Wen）
影像拍攝：風宗廷bawnay a lahi’ baba:i’
裝置設計：廖笠安（LIAO Li-An）（新加坡版本由Robin Wood重製）
特別感謝：風英輝lahi’ a bawnay baba:i’、莊梅雅Bunga’ Yumin、蕭凱文（HSIAO Kai-Wen）

攝影：透島影業、Joseph Nair / Memphis West Pictures
照片提供：桃園市立美術館、新加坡國家美術館

Taoyuan is home to the second-largest Indigenous population in Taiwan, after Hualien County. Many Indigenous communities have long lived along the Dahan River, forming enduring relationships with its waters.

Stories of floods, the sea, and rivers have been passed down through generations in many Indigenous cultures. Closely intertwined with life and everyday existence, these myths embody profound ecological knowledge and wisdom, shaping ways of understanding and living with the natural world. Reverence for the sea and rivers can also be found in Han Chinese folk beliefs. As an island nation, Taiwan’s history and culture have been shaped by the intertwined currents of the sea and its rivers, influencing how we perceive, remember, and imagine the land we inhabit.

This work interweaves historical memories and contemporary experiences connected to the river. Through sound, moving image, and installation, it creates a space that flows between documentary and imagination, inviting audiences to listen more closely to the connections between people, water, and place.

In the ancient teachings of the Paiwan,
rivers are the paths walked by the gods,
sacred and inviolable.
The Bunun people say, rivers have memories.
In the flood myths,
after the great waters receded, the Tsou people of Alishan
traced the footprints of the gods
to settle on river terraces and build villages.

The Amis are a people who dwell along rivers and the sea,
while the Atayal’s migrations
followed the confluences of streams,
seeking gentle slopes in the mountains
to build their villages.

The migrations of indigenous peoples
are closely tied to rivers,
each with their own unique river stories.

The Dahan River flows through the Taoyuan area. From its upper to lower reaches, you’ll find Atayal communities that migrated to the Taoyuan mountains centuries ago, as well as Amis communities that have moved to Taoyuan from eastern Taiwan in recent decades.

Interviewees:
Tasaw Watan
Wagi Sulung
Losing Hayung
Kacaw
Wayan
Ako Sawtoy

Artist: Yenting Hsu
Installation Design: Liao Li-An (Taiwan), Robin Wood (Singapore)
Image Design: Huang Chia-Wen
Camera: bawnay a lahi’ baba:i’
Illustration: Yu Chia-Chi

Special Thanks：
lahi’a bawnay baba:i’
Bunga’ Yumin
Hsiao Kai Wen

Photographers: Toisland Project and Joseph Nair / Memphis West Pictures
Images courtesy of Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts and National Gallery Singapore