Most meat eaters become temporary vegetarians when they stay at Lishan, and often take fruit and vegetables with them when they leave. The reclamation work at Lishan was started by retired servicemen who cooperated with the aborigines already living in the area.
開山墾荒的工作是由榮民開始的，當年他們在山上，用自己的血汗，一鋤一耙地打下了今日梨山美、富的局面，也為自己成家立業奠下了厚實的基礎。