In ancient times areas 1000 to 2000 meters above sea level in Taiwan were dominated by trees hundreds and thousands of years old. But after hundreds of years of constant pioneering and development, there are few places on the island where one can still see large groups of trees of this type.
據說許久許久以前的台灣島，海拔一千到兩千的山上，盡是百年、千年老樹的天下，但是歷經數百年不斷的墾伐，現在全島可以看見這種巨大樹群的地方已不多了。