In Miaoli County, aromatic camphor wood has long been refined to make camphor, and has also been used as a building material; its tender leaves can be eaten, and its seeds pressed to produce oil and wax. The whole tree is very "useful," but in early days nobody had thought of using it as a material for artistic creation.
樟樹具香氣，在苗栗早就被拿來提煉樟腦，也被拿來做建材，嫩葉可以吃，種子也可以榨油臘，整株樹都很「實用」，但當時還沒人想到它可以作為藝術創作的材料。