asks Chen Yuexia. A ghost story circulated around Alishan during the logging: Chinese lumberjacks recruited by the Japanese were terrified by the red sawdust falling from their saws and the red rice that was cooked for them, believing them to be warnings from the tree spirits.
陳月霞說，阿里山流傳著一個有關伐木的神鬼傳說：被日本人徵召上山伐木的工人，因鋸出紅色木屑、煮出紅色米飯而恐懼不已，大家都認為，這是樹靈的警告。