After the 21 September earthquake, many urban Aborigines previously working in Taichung County and City drifted from place to place, first living for a month in tents on school sports fields and campgrounds. When the government announced that it was closing down the tent cities, some of these Aborigines moved to an empty patch of ground next to the Water Resources Bureau office, where they built themselves simple shacks.
九二一地震後，原本在台中縣市討生活的都市原住民，輾轉流浪，先在學校操場、營區搭帳蓬住了一個月，當政府宣布拆除帳蓬族後，有幾人來到水資局旁的空地，自己搭起簡易的房舍。