Although the Chichi earthquake damaged some of the large hotels and actually broke Kuanghua island-the "pearl" at the heart of Sun Moon Lake's excellent feng-shui-in half, Sun Moon Lake was not all that badly damaged. But the lack of tourists is exacerbating the town's troubles.
九二一地震中，日月潭雖有幾家大旅館嚴重受創，日月潭「九龍搶珠」好風水的中心點光華島坍塌一半，但與其他災區相比，已經是受創較輕的地區了，可是觀光客不來，地震後遺症比之其他地區卻有過之而無不及。