In 1953, in the midst of Taiwan's period of authoritarian rule, sycophantic sentiments were rife. Officials of the CFDO placed a sign beside the tree, in which a poem titled "In Praise of the Sacred Tree" was carved as a birthday blessing to then-67-year-old Chiang Kai-shek, wishing him the longevity of this millennia-old tree.
1953 年台灣仍處威權時代，逢迎風氣瀰漫，林管處官員在它身旁立碑刻寫「神木頌」，向當時 67 歲的蔣公祝壽，喻其壽比千年神木。