Putting their lives on the line every day to make money, coal miners lived for the moment and found pleasure where they could. They were big spenders, giving rise to a local proverb which draws a clear picture of the extravagance of Nanchuang in those days: "No money earned in Nanchuang ever made it to even the next village down the road."
拿命換錢、出生入死的礦工們，總想及時行樂、放鬆身心，因此錢花得也快，南庄有句俗諺：「南庄桃花水，賺錢不過烏蛇嘴（地名）。」