In the 1910s the Alishan Mountain Railway was finished, and huge Taiwan red cypress and Taiwan yellow cypress trees were cut down and shipped out. Thus began the destruction of the Alishan forests.
一九一○年代，嘉義到阿里山鐵路竣工，一批批巨大的紅檜、扁柏從阿里山源源運出，阿里山森林浩劫於焉展開。