Luchu Township, with a population of over 50,000, was known in the olden days as "the bamboo grove at the halfway point," since it lay midway between Anping in Tainan and Fengshan in Kaohsiung. The bamboo here grew so thickly that it posed an obstacle to passing travelers.
人口五萬多人的路竹鄉，古名「半路竹」，位於台南安平前往高雄鳳山的半路上，沿途滿佈茂密竹林，雖可供商務旅客休憩，但也阻礙了交通，又稱「絆路竹」。