Alishan gradually quieted down, becoming a distant, blurry memory of middle-aged folk. But hustle and bustle has returned to these mountains once more since mainland Chinese tourists started visiting Taiwan in July 2008.
阿里山於是逐漸沈寂，成為台灣中年一代遙遠而模糊的回憶，直到去年 7 月開放大陸客來台觀光，這座名山才又重新拾回了滿山喧鬧。