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在日本殖民時期的1918年，木瓜溪上游山區各家族部落開始遷住到木瓜溪中游河階台地，直到1928年即被稱為銅門部落。部落形成迄今不到百年的時光裡，部落環境隨著社會變遷而轉變，部落裡的老人家也逐漸離開，我們聆聽老人家的又述說起了一則則的家族是從何而來？為何聚集在銅門這個地方？一個一個的又述，透過拍攝記錄了下來，在拍攝過程中也因為老人家的記憶慢慢退化，細節也漸漸遺忘，但從何而來的家族脈絡歷史卻如此的鉅細靡遺，我們訪問 到部落的文史工作者旮日羿·吉宏老師，他提到:「要通往傳統的大門已經關了！」對於自身是太魯閣族的孩子，因為這一句話讓我思考了很久，這也是我拍攝最大的動機，我們為什麼而存在這裡？

我們希望影片的紀錄能把銅門部落裡的各個支系的家族透過又述流傳下來，或許我們還能夠留下點什麼故事讓後代的小孩清楚自己從何而來，我們雖然是來自不同的家族系統，但是我們卻能聚集在這裡，上一代的故事是我們要清楚知道自己的祖先從何而來，到了這一代我們希望可以把家族的故事和彼此的生活串連在一起，而現在的時代，我們正在經歷一個族群的轉變歷程，或許傳統的大門已經關閉，但是我們仍然存在在這一片土地上生活著，織布的人繼續織布，狩獵的人繼續狩獵，做傳統醫療儀式的人也在傳承，雖然傳統的時代已經過去了，現代的生活習慣也改變了我們，但Gaya的核心仍然不變，Mgaluk Dowmung就是我們正在做的事情，串連在一起，我們這個族群才能被看見。

In 1918, during the Japanese colonial period, the tribes in the upper reaches of the Mugua River began to move to the river terraces in the middle reaches of the river, and in 1928, they became known as the Tongmen tribe. In less than a hundred years since the formation of the tribe, the tribal environment has changed with social development, and the elders of the tribe have gradually left, so their memories have slowly decayed and details have been gradually forgotten, yet the history of the family lineage from which the tribe originated is incredibly detailed.

“The gate toward tradition is closed!”

For myself, a child of Seejiq Truku, the inspiration of the closed gate has opened up a dialogue and a search with the various clans of the tribe, and the family stories that have been passed down through oral tradition and translated through video have brought us together. Traditional times have passed and modern habits have changed us, yet the core of Gaya remains the same, Mgaluk Dowmung ties us all together so that we as a community can be seen.