Actually, back in the 1960s and 70s Wulai was up with Alishan and Sun Moon Lake as a big tourist spot, ranking among Taiwan's top ten. At that time the main visitors were Japanese, and to entertain these guests the local Atayal put on show after show, part of a boom the likes of which haven't been seen since.
事實上，民國五、六十年代，烏來曾與阿里山、日月潭等風景名勝齊名，是台灣著名的十大觀光景點之一，當年烏來的主要觀光客源就是日本人，為了迎賓，烏來泰雅族舞蹈表演一場接著一場，如今盛世不再，日本觀眾沒有了，舞者也凋零了。