Tang Chung-li, now retired, who is a community volunteer in Lintienshan, recalls that from the 1950s through the 1970s, the town, like Chiufen (gold mining) and Chishan (bananas), prospered on the strength of its natural resources.
遙想當年如今已退休的社區志工解說員唐中立回憶，民國四十至六十年代間，林田山和出金礦的九份、產香蕉的旗山一樣，都靠著天然資源盛極一時。