Along the banks of the Tanayiku River, in Shanmei Village, Alishan rural township, Chiayi County, lives people of the Tsao aborigines. Because their environment had been destroyed, and the fish and shrimp electrocuted or poisoned, in order to leave behind some unadulterated land to later generations, the entire village--without any outside assistance--collectively acted to protect and preserve their natural environment.
住在嘉義縣阿里山鄉山美村達娜依谷溪畔的鄒（曹）族山胞，由於環境生態遭破壞，魚蝦被電毒；為了要給後代子孫留下潔淨土地，他們在毫無外援的情況下，全村集體護衛，保護了自然景觀。