On a wall in a lane beside the Water Resources Bureau on Chungcheng Road in Taichung County's Wufeng Rural Township, there hangs a dilapidated sign marking the entrance to "Huatung New Village." This is an Aboriginal community that has been praised for its self-reliance by religious groups such as Tzu Chi and Dharma Drum Mountain.
台中縣霧峰鄉中正路經濟部水資局旁的小路，牆上掛著一塊簡陋的招牌，標示著「花東新村」的入口，這就是被慈濟、法鼓山等宗教團體傳頌為「自立自強」的原住民村落。