Legend has it that the West Rukai, faced with invasion, crossed the Central Mountain Range to settle in today's Old Haucha Village, and in their journey were accompanied by clouded leopards.
傳說西魯凱祖先在外族入侵下，由雲豹陪伴，翻越中央山脈，推進到今天的舊好茶定居，由此又慢慢分出包括霧台、阿禮、佳暮等部落。