Since then, the place has been known by this name in its abbreviated form of "Wulai." When the Japanese occupied Taiwan, they set up an office in the village to administer tribal affairs and exploit the Chinese cypress forests nearby.
隨著時代的流轉、生命的延續，山胞們忘記了他們的來處，只知道他們和這裡的山水產生了血濃於水的感情。到了日據時代，山林中的杉木被發現，日本人在此成立理蕃官吏駐在所，將木材收為公有，開始開採，才逐漸有平地人移往此地居住。