Lintianshan Forestry Cultural Park
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· Nature & Scenery
Hidden in Hualien’s Fonglin, Lintianshan, formerly known as Morisaka (the Japanese pronunciation of “Mori-zaka,” meaning “forest slope”), was renamed Senrong after Taiwan’s retrocession. It is the most complete and distinctive surviving logging base in Taiwan, and in both scale and significance it stands as one of the most important sites and witnesses to Taiwan’s forestry development history. During the Japanese colonial period, a hot spring was discovered in the Wanli River area within the forest concession, and a guesthouse was built to utilize the spring water for operations and management. In 1939, the area began developing pulpwood resources, marking the start of its forestry era. At the peak of logging in the 1960s, Lintianshan was bustling with activity and earned the nickname “Little Shanghai.” It was one of Taiwan’s four major forest farms. Later, as the government implemented forest logging bans, the logging workers gradually left, taking the former prosperity with them, but Lintianshan still preserves the most complete logging scenes and imagery.
