"There's no summer to speak of on Alishan," says Chen. In the past the area was even colder, with snows and frosts during the winter-in the depths of winter, if you left a bowl of syrup and plums out on the roof, by the next day it'd be a bowl of plum ice dessert.
「阿里山沒有夏天，」陳月霞說，山上以前更冷，冬天會下雪降霜，農曆 10 月，在碗裡放入糖水和梅子，放在屋頂上，第二天就有冰可以吃了。