In the middle of the 19th century, when Han Chinese as well as Western adventurers came to Taiwan in growing numbers, Hengchun was seen the way we see the Central Mountain Range today--as untamed "savage mountains."
十九世紀中葉，當漢人及西方旅行家陸續來台時，恆春半島就如台灣中央及東部山脈地區一樣，被視為未開發的「番山」。