About 100 years ago, the Tamsui river began to recede to lay bare a fertile plain which stretched all the way to Mt. Kuanyin. Residents of the area suddenly found themselves with an abundance of cultivable land.
大約一百多年前，乾豆門一帶海水退了，奇蹟似地浮現一片肥沃的仙渡平原，於是山坡上的居民，在平原有沃田可耕，在淡水河又有魚蝦可撈。