The warm welcome of the villagers and the beauty of the setting even moved Governor Soong to recite some lines of poetry in Hakka: "Miaoli is truly spectacular, a beautiful place of mountains and clear waters. The people of Chiungchiao Keng are farsighted; its azure mountains and emerald waters will stand forever."
看到芎蕉坑居民的熱情歡迎，以及當地山明水秀的環境，宋省長還詩興大發，用客家話吟出：「苗栗的確好風光，山明水秀好地方。