Taiwanese Nativist literature was already fairly well developed in the 1970s, but local artists hadn't been exposed to the idea of using oxcarts, old homes, and other common elements of Taiwan's rural environment as subjects until 1977's Nativist literature debate kicked off the broader Nativist movement.
1970 年代台灣鄉土文學已發展一段時日，但直到 1977 年「鄉土文學論戰」以及之後發酵的鄉土運動，畫家們才開始熱中於牛車、古厝等鄉土懷舊寫實題材。