For Lee, the beauty of a trail includes such elements as the places and communities it passes through, its flora and fauna, and the personalities and stories associated with it. These were the things he worked hardest to discover in order to "revive" the Old Hohuan Trail.
在李瑞宗心裡，一條美麗道路的內涵應該包含它的據點、聚落、植被、人物以及故事等元素，這也是他「重現」合歡越古道所著重發掘的內容。