The one and only butterfly valley In those days Taiwan was governed by the Japanese. They felled the virgin forest in a band from today's Meinung to Liukuei, and they planted vast numbers of Indian rose chestnut trees (Cassia siamea).
獨一無二的蝴蝶谷當時台灣受日本人統治，他們砍伐今日美濃、六龜一帶的原始森林，大量栽植鐵刀木。