Today, when one visits Atayal villages, one occasionally meets old people who once had tattoos but have had them cut off and for this reason are marred with scars. The reason is invariably that the Japanese ordered it done.
如今我們在部落裡，偶爾會見曾經文面，但是又被割除，因而留下瘡疤的老人，問其理由，都是因為日人的命令。