Pingtung residents have recently built two pavilions out of driftwoods that came all the way from Xiaolin Village and Namashia County, two of the hardest-hit areas by Typhoo Morakot last year. Through these self-made structures, locals hope to constantly remind themselves of this painful lesson from Mother Nature.

Villagers can't help but take photos at the slab, which apparently is from Xiaolin village of Jiaxian Township, as the faculty list of Xiaolin elementary school is carved on it.

Another slab in the pavilion has a totem from the Pingpu tribe, and therefore it is believed to be coming from Namasia Township. But this village is located in Pingtung. It's quite strange that the two slabs are found here next to the route 26. In fact, villagers found the two slabs at sea, which could have flowed over 200 kilometers, a grim reminder of the deadly force of Mother Nature.

After the 88 flooding last year, there were a lot of driftwood found on the beach of the Kangzai village.

Unable to remove them at once, the villagers wanted to burn them but worried it may damage the ocean ecology. Inspired by the two slabs, these villagers decided to build two pavilions in memory of the 88 flooding. The project took them three months. While it gives driftwood a new meaning, it also serves as a constant reminder of the importance of peaceful co-existence with nature.