Liushishi Mountain(Sixty Stone Mountain) is located to the east of Zhutian Village, Fuli Township, in Hualien County. It is situated at an elevation of around 800 meters above sea level, in the Coastal Mountain Range. There is a daylily field of 300 hectares in size, and along with Chihke Mountain, this is regarded as one of Hualien County's two large daylily cultivation areas. So why is this area called Liushishi Mountain(Sixty Stone Mountain)?
According to locals, during the Japanese occupation era, the average paddy field could only yield around forty or fifty dan of millet. (A "dan" is a unit of dry measure for grain equal to 100 liters). However, in this area, the average paddy field could yield sixty dan of millet, thus it was called LiushishiMountain(Sixty dan Mountain). Because the Chinese character used for the word dan is the same as the one used for the word stone, this name became "Liushishi Mountain(Sixty Stone Mountain)".
Every August to September is the season of orange daylily in full bloom, which is the most crowded period in Liushishi Mountain, full of tourists for viewing this scene of the field of Orange daylily.
Hualien is famous for its scenes, unlike the capital city, Taipei. I grew up in Hualien and I love country side more than city. Taiwan is small and so kinda hard to find a place that full of natural scenes. So if you got 7-days trip to Taiwan, don't miss Hualien!
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