Reading by candlelight Li Tai-chun, who has worked as a technician at the Yushan Weather Station for over 20 years, recalls: "In the early years the station had no electricity so we had to use a gas generator to charge the batteries used to send dispatches.
秉燭夜讀，苦中作樂在玉山氣象站任職二十幾年的技士李台軍回憶：「早年氣象站沒有電力，只能利用汽油發電機，為傳送電訊用的電池充電。