In former days, the red elm area was the gateway to Haucha, and was a strategically important area much fought over between the Rukai people of Haucha and the neighboring Paiwan aborigines.
往昔，紅櫸木區是舊好茶門戶，也是魯凱族好茶與排灣族筏灣兩部落征戰中重要的險地。