Fenglin was once an important Eastern Rift Valley tobacco grower, and at its height had about 80 tobacco barns for curing its crop. Tobacco, all of which was exported, was the area's economic lifeblood.
鳳林曾是花東縱谷重要的菸葉栽植區，極盛時期約 80 棟菸樓，菸產全部外銷，是當地最重要的經濟動脈。