Tradition has it that the name "Checheng" itself comes from the context of the Han Chinese extracting large amounts of timber and charcoal to ship to the Tainan area. As the Chinese were under frequent attack by the indigenous people, the residents surrounded themselves with a log fence, giving rise to the name chaicheng, or "timber wall."
至於「車城」地名由來，據傳，當時漢人大量砍伐薪材、燒製木炭輸出台南地區，由於經常遭原住民襲擊，居民便砍木圍柵欄來抵禦，稱為「柴城」。