In the virgin forests that used to cover the island, 3,000-year-old cypresses could be found everywhere, and the first Japanese to arrive in Taiwan exclaimed of Mount Ali: "It's a sea of green!"
年齡超過三千年的檜木在昔日原始林內比比皆是，也讓初抵台灣的日人在面對阿里山時呼叫出「綠之海」！