For instance, the Atayal were behind the Wushe incident of 1915 and the Taroko Gorge War, which claimed the life of the fifth Japanese governor general of Taiwan. Such history is the source of great pride to the Atayal people.
像是日本統治期間，西元一九一五年，導致台灣第五任總督佐久間左馬太墜崖受傷致死的「太魯閣戰爭」，以及西元一九三○年的「霧社事件」，都是泰雅族人引以為傲的光榮史事。