In those days the Alishan Forest Railway ran 10 trains per day (five each way up and down the mountain) through Fenqihu, where they would linger to give hungry passengers enough time to get off and buy a biandang.
當年阿里山森林鐵路一天有 10 班車（上、下山各 5 班），無論上山或下山，兩車在奮起湖交會時，總會多停留些時間，讓飢腸轆轆的旅客有充分的時間下車買便當。