Repopulation: As various aboriginal areas declare themselves open for development, Shanmei is an exception. Its way of doing things not only protects the residential area, but it also gives the whole village some consensus and common objective. At the same time, even as most aboriginal villages are suffering rapid population outmigration, the people of Shanmei are gradually returning.
在各山地鄉村頻傳開放聲中，山美是個異數，這種做法不但護衛住家園，並且使全村產生共識與共同努力的目標；同時，在山村人口外流嚴重的今天，山美村民卻逐漸回流。