In 1975 a Japanese businessman unsuccessfully attempted to remove a stone coffin that was originally in the Hsinshe village of Fengpin Ruraltownship of Hualien county. It was then moved and put behind the town hall of Hsinshe village, where it served as a container for garbage.
原在花蓮縣豐濱鄉新社村的石棺，在民國六十四年時，有位日本商人想盜運不成，而被運到新社鄉公所後院當成垃圾桶。