"The false cypress forests that survive in this mountainous island with its wet maritime climate are rare relics of an ancient forest type that today only remains in parts of East Asia and North America. It well deserves to be called a world-class natural heritage site, not just a national one." This is how the Ilan County Cultural Affairs Bureau's brochure confidently describes the Chilan cypress forest.
「孓遺於海洋性濕潤高山島的檜木群，代表古地史殘存珍稀林相，今僅存於東亞及北美，允稱全球水準的自然遺產，」宜蘭縣文化局在提報世界遺產名錄中，如此自信地介紹著棲蘭檜木林。