It turns out that the township is more aged and has experienced more outbound migration of young people than any other in Taiwan. "At its peak in the 1960s, Fenglin's population reached 30,000. At the end of February 2008, it was just 12,459," says 55-year-old Liu Ching-sung, a secretary with the Fenglin Township Office, explaining the quiet and emptiness.
「在民國 50 年代高峰期，鳳林人口曾經達到 3 萬人，現在只剩 1 萬 2,459 人（至 97 年 2 月底），」今年 55 歲，擔任鳳林鎮公所秘書的劉青松，解釋了鳳林如此寂靜空曠的緣由。