However, during the Japanese occupation, as a result of silting, and because the Japanese invested a huge effort in developing the port at Keelung, Tanshui faded in importance, never again to see the likes of its glory days.
但在日據時代，由於港口淤積與日人盡全力建設基隆港，淡水風光漸褪，榮景不復當年。