The three thousand-year-old "Deity Tree" near the Alishan railway terminal is one of such extraordinary ancient trees.
而夜間的阿里山顯得特別沉靜。但見一株株參天古木佇立路旁，其間並建有樹靈塔。樹靈塔是一個比人高的石碑。據說民國初年，日本人濫伐千年古木，觸怒了樹靈，伐木工人紛紛染患怪病，於是建立該塔，伐木前先祭拜一番，工人的怪病始漸漸痊癒。