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Jiuwushan Mystery?
the stone you saw is prob one of the old land god markers, tudigong shrines that got abandoned when the trail got rerouted in the 80s. jiuwushan has a bunch of them scattered around, most people walk right past. the characters are usually just the date it was placed and whoever donated it, nothing spooky.
the "legend" locals bring up is probably the one about a surveyor who died up there during japanese era, but tbh thats told about like five different hills in ruifang so take it with a grain of salt. if you want the real story ask the guys at the temple near the trailhead on the jiufen side, they actually keep records.
You're probably looking at one of the fude shrines, not a tudigong. Fude zheng shen shrines were often built by individual families or work crews rather than the whole village, so they ended up in odd spots and got forgotten when the crew moved on. If the stone had characters carved directly into it rather than painted on a separate plaque, that usually points to pre-1945, since the Japanese-era ones tend to be carved and the postwar ones are painted.
Next time bring a flashlight and wet the stone with a bit of water, it makes the carved characters pop out way better than dry stone in shade. The Ruifang district office actually has a cultural asset person who catalogs these, though I forget the exact title.
i heard about that one, its not a tudigong or mining shrine. some say its a memorial for a hiker who vanished there in the 90s and the stone was put up by his family. the characters are supposedly a poem he wrote, which is why nobody can read them straight. not sure if thats true but the old guys at quancheng temple in jiufen tell it that way
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Seeking recommendations for facial or massage treatments targeting jaw tension and TMJ issues
For muscle-based jaw tightness, the traditional 推拿 places often do better than the fancy facial spas, and they're cheaper. There's a small 國術館 near Shuanglian I go to for neck and jaw stuff, the guy works the masseter from outside and does traction on the cervical spine, which is where a lot of referred jaw tension actually starts. Around NT$800 for 40 minutes, no booking app, you just walk in. It won't fix a real joint problem but if your issue is muscular clenching it's worth a try.
if its actual tmj stuff and not just cosmetic face massage, go see a dentist who does 咬合板 (occlusal splint) first, the massage places treat the symptom not the joint. dr chen at a clinic off fuxing south road near daan park sorted my clicking in like 3 visits, mostly by adjusting my bite & giving me a night guard. the relief from that lasted way longer than any spa facial i tried
my physio at a small clinic near Liuzhangli MRT did intraoral work on my masseter and pterygoid muscles, basically gloved finger inside the cheek releasing trigger points. weird at first but it fixed the morning headaches within maybe 4 sessions. its not a spa thing at all, its rehab, so book it as a medical visit. 針灸 also helped me, the needles go in the jaw and temple, but the physio did more for the actual tightness.