Flooded out of house and home As early as 1988, a continuous stream of city people could be seen in Meinung in their suits and ties, wandering in and out of the houses, streets and alleys, buying the valuable private land in Yellow Butterfly Valley and seeking the right to lease the public land.
水庫淹沒家園早在一九八八年，陸陸續續有一群群穿西裝、打領帶的城市人，在美濃人的住所、大街小巷進進出出，以高價收購黃蝶翠谷的私有地及放領地承租權。