Endless streams of cypress logs flowed out of the mountains, and were carried across the sea to Japan to become pillars for Shinto shrines. Quite apart from the incomparable quality of their timber, in terms of numbers alone the Taiwan red and yellow cypress took second and third place among Taiwan's trees, so they became long-term cash cows for the island's forestry industry.
除了無與倫比的品質，紅檜與扁柏的蓄積量排名台灣樹種第二與第三，成為台灣林業長期的搖錢樹。