Once a flourishing agricultural trade center and forty years ago a booming coal-mining town, Sanhsia has over the years been supported by the local tea industry and the commerce which the rivers bring. Today, one of the few places where Ching dynasty architecture and a traditional tea market 'can still be seen, Sanhsia offers much of historical significance to the visitor.
直到遠遠望見虹彩般的三峽拱橋，視野豁然開朗，小鎮宛然呈現。下車沿街而行，小鎮市街同樣依溪迆邐﹘﹘置身三峽，無論所到何處，只要凝神傾聽，總會傳來潺潺水聲。