喚醒百年前輕便且甜蜜的美好記憶──日治時期大臺中地區輕便鐵道漢詩研究

Recall the light and sweet memories of a hundred years ago-A Study of Chinese Poems on Light Railways in Taichung Area during the Japanese Occupation

1895年甲午戰敗，臺灣成為日本殖民地，殖民政府為達成軍事、政治、經濟有效的統治，特別建設縱貫鐵道。明治41（1908）年4月，舊山線鐵道貫通，臺灣鐵道最艱難的葫蘆墩至三叉河段正式通車，並於同年10月24日，假臺中公園辦理鐵道全通式。日治時期的臺中，是縱貫線鐵道最晚通車的地區，但因臺中天然資源豐富，再加上地理上位居臺灣中央，因而快速發展成為交通樞紐，可謂是鐵道建設最大受惠者。當時臺中公路系統尚未修築完善，為了連絡周邊城市交通與運輸，輕便鐵路修築格外重要，私人手押臺車與糖廠鐵道，四通八達，猶如血管般遍布中部各城鎮。日治時期留存鐵道史料，對輕便車多僅以經過路線及客貨運量統計為主，甚至闕而弗錄，缺少人文溫度。並且如今，隨著臺中交通建設與都市發展，日治時期臺中地區的輕便鐵道漸成歷史陳跡，甚至消失，尤其可惜的是老輩多半已經凋零，無從徵詢。又臺灣研究鐵道文學著作不多，以傳統漢詩為對象者，尤屬罕見。日治時期鐵道文化考述多有困難，誠屬憾事。本文考述，以日治時期大臺中，「山」、「海」、「屯」、「城」四區域的手押臺車，以及月眉、中南線糖廠鐵道為研究對象，以日治時期傳統漢詩紀錄為主要參證史料。假篇章為車，化文字為軌，企圖結合傳統漢詩作品的描寫，勾勒日治時期臺中地區輕便車的軌道發展概貌，從而帶領讀者重溫百年前的輕便鐵道風情，喚回甜美的歷史記憶。

In 1895, after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Taiwan became a Japanese colony. In order to achieve effective military, political, and economic rule, the colonial government specially built a continuous railway. In April of Meiji 41 (1908), the old mountain line was completed, and the most difficult section of the Taiwanese railway from Huludun to Sanchahe was officially opened to traffic. On October 24 of the same year, the all-pass railway was opened in Taichung Park. During the Japanese occupation, Taichung was the last area where the longitudinal railway line was opened to traffic. However, due to its rich natural resources and its geographic location in the center of Taiwan, Taichung has rapidly developed into a transportation hub, which can be said to be the biggest beneficiary of railway construction. At that time, Taichung's highway system was not yet complete. In order to connect the surrounding cities with traffic and transportation, the construction of light railroads was extremely important. Private handcart and sugar factory railways were connected in all directions, like blood vessels spreading across central cities and towns. The historical data of railways during the Japanese Occupation period are preserved. Most of the light cars are mainly based on the statistics of the passing routes and the passenger and freight volume. They are even out of order, lacking humanistic temperature. And now, with the construction of Taichung's transportation and urban development, the light railway in Taichung area gradually became a historical relic during the Japanese occupation, and even disappeared. It is a pity that most of the older generations have faded and there is no way to consult. There are not many books on railway literature in Taiwan, and those who target traditional Chinese poetry are especially rare. It is a pity that there are many difficulties in studying railway culture during the Japanese Occupation. This article examines and examines the hand-carried trolleys in the four areas of ''mountain'', ''sea'', ''tun'' and ''city'' in Taichung during the Japanese occupation, and the Yuemei and Zhongnan Line Sugar Factory Railway as the research objects. The records of traditional Chinese poetry of the period are the main reference historical materials. The false chapter is a car, and the text is a track. It is an attempt to combine the description of traditional Chinese poetry to outline the development of the track in Taichung during the Japanese Occupation, so as to lead readers to relive the light railway style a hundred years ago and recall sweet historical memories.