"There used to be a pathway that went up the slope behind the Matsao Bridge," Kuo Chiung-ying recalls, but after a severe landslide in 1986, not only were the path and the plant cover entirely washed out, but "a large amount of mud and rocks flowed onto the bridge, causing it to collapse."
「當年馬槽橋後方的山坡上，還有步道可以走上去」，郭瓊瑩回憶道，經過民國七十五年一次嚴重的山崩，不但步道和植被都流失了，「大量的土石流還將馬槽橋都沖垮了。」