So the Japanese in 1935 built a shrine to the trees, where each spring and fall they would chant sutras and prepare offerings of fruit and vegetables in commemoration of those who died while developing Alishan and in appreciation of the trees felled to make railroad ties for the forest railway, thereby consoling human hearts and placating the tree spirits.
因此，日本人在 1935 年建造樹靈塔，一方面悼念開拓阿里山的殉職者，一方面感念為森林鐵道臥枕的林木，每年在春秋二季備素果、誦經祭祀，既撫慰人心，也安撫樹靈。