The forest recreation areas in Taiwan today are all in former false cypress logging grounds. The Alishan Mountain Railway and the long forestry roads that wind through Taiwan's four major mountain ranges were all built with the purpose of carrying the huge cypress logs out of the mountains.
時下的台灣森林遊樂區，全是過去的檜木林場，從阿里山鐵路、到四大山脈裡的綿長林道，目的都在將一段段圓形巨木扁柏、紅檜運送下山。