During Japanese occupation period, the Japanese government was actively developing Taiwan’s forest resources, bringing up the prosperous forestry development! Alishan,Basianshan, and Taipingshan were “Taiwan’s top three forests” in which Alishan was the first and the biggest one.
In 1912, Alishan Forest Railway started operation, opening the logging era of Alishan. Two years later, Forestry Bureau started building dormitories for the staff; the next year, as the scale of Cypress Forest Village expanded that the club, single dormitories, family dormitories, official houses, and bathhouses were completed.
In 2005, Chiayi City Government registered the 28 buildings of “Ben Cun” as the historical buildings in order to preserve the forestry cultural asset. In 2009, Executive Yuan approved
