Since the majority of Kaohsiung's pollution comes from factory smokestacks, some describe them as the "big Trojan Horses" that destroy the city, as opposed to the "small Trojan Horses" that destroy Taipei: automobiles.
高雄的空氣汙染主要來自工業，因而有「大木馬屠城記」之稱，與台北的「小木馬屠城」﹘﹘汽機車汙染不同。