During the Ching dynasty, Taiwan's infrastructure was slowly improved and the construction of roads and railways led to the establishment of many new settlements.
但台南的面貌隨社會的進化一直嬗衍變更，許多古蹟早已面目全非；新型建築、通衢大道和車水馬龍，紛紛掩過傳統的文化氣息。然而鹿港卻仍藏著深深庭院與剝痕斑斑的頹牆、花窗、磚壁……，不知隱藏多少滄桑舊事，在在令人佇足再三，流連忘返。