Perhaps for many people the introduced pines of the plains are of no great consequence, but in the grounds of Shihtung Elementary School, one of the oldest schools in Taipei City's Shihlin area, the pupils often sing the school song "The lingering music of the qin drifts out from the pines.
在平地，外來松樹對許多人或許沒有太大意義，在台北士林一帶歷史最悠久的校園士東國小裡，學生卻時時唱著校歌「琅琅書聲隱花底，悠揚琴韻出蒼松……」。