Born in Tainan in 1928, Shi Wen-long had to work his way through school at a young age as he grew up in a slum. The valuable experience that he frequented public museums when he was a child motivated him to build a museum for the general public in the future.
The Maqaw Ecological Park is a major cypress forest zone in northern Taiwan, made up of the Giant Tree Garden, the Qilan Forest Recreation Area, and the Mingchi Forest Recreation Area. Located over 1,000 meters above sea level, the garden and its "sage trees" are preserved as a living museum of the ages.