Liu Kexiang's essay describes his fortuitous encounter with a young Japanese tourist at the station at New Year's in 2000. The young man had bought every one of that day's printed Sandiaoling-Jingtong tickets.
原來劉克襄的散文描述他在千禧年元旦曾於此地偶遇一位日本青年，他買光了當天車站所有的「三貂嶺─菁桐」硬紙車票，打算寄回國送給友人。