![]() ![]() Since then, it has been abandoned, and the memories associated with it have faded away from public memory.Ĭhiayi was once a walled city and one of the significant centers of rice production in Taiwan. In 1963, when the Nationalist government changed its forest policies from utilization to preservation, the sawmill was shut down. During its heyday, it was even praised as “the Greatest in East Asia” with the latest equipment and largest forest farm – Alishan (阿里山). Established in 1914, it was the first modern sawmill with the latest machines and technologies imported from the United States to Taiwan. The Chiayi Sawmill 嘉義製材所 was one of the historical buildings under discussion. The movement, mainly directed by the local government with support from Chiayi residents, aimed to rediscover Chiayi’s heritage against the backdrop of urban renovation. At the turn of the twenty-first century, the conservation movement for old buildings in Chiayi 嘉義 in Central Taiwan reached an unprecedented climax in history.
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