Lovers of Tanshui, while keeping close watch over her, are fearful that the giant beast of development may eventually come and bulldoze Tanshui away one piece of land at a time. They fear that their children, like they themselves, will have to search through photographs and memories to find Tanshui's traditional simplicity and the joys of being close to nature.
熱愛淡水的人們，小心翼翼地護衛著淡水，隨時害怕巨獸來襲，一土一掘地挖掉淡水，害怕子子孫孫，也要像他們拼命由圖像與記憶中尋找淡水曾有的古樸、與自然親近的歡樂。