By MOOK Travel Life Network, Li Xinyi, compiled and reported
The Forestry Club is a municipal heritage site of Chiayi City. Built in 1914 (the 3rd year of the Taishō era) during the Japanese colonial period as a leisure venue for the Taiwan Governor-General’s Forestry Bureau, it has close ties to the development history of Alishan’s forests. Its uniquely crafted British Tudor-style architecture is rare in Taiwan. To revive this important structure representing Chiayi City’s forestry history, the Chiayi Forest District Office followed traditional methods and used original materials to restore it in 1999 (Year 98 in the Republic of China calendar). It was damaged in an earthquake in 2010 (Year 99) but has since been restored to its original appearance. The site now hosts the “Stories of the People of Alishan Forest” exhibition.
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The Forestry Club features the rare British Tudor-style architecture in Taiwan. (Photo provided by the Chiayi Forest District Office, Forestry Bureau)
The “Stories of the People of Alishan Forest” exhibition held at the Forestry Club showcases the forest area, brief history, organization, operations, and the lives of surrounding people as recalled by the elders of Chiayi. Through old photographs, documents, objects, and artifacts, it offers a tribute to time and invites visitors to revisit Alishan Forest’s century-long transformation. To enrich the exhibition, multiple films related to Alishan are also screened on-site, including the most unique one: the Japanese-era documentary film “Nanshin Taiwan” (Southward Advance to Taiwan) provided by the National Museum of Taiwanese History.
The organizers edited footage of the mountain forests
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