Walking amid the hubbub of Chi Shan's streets, one can yet feel the purity of the countryside and its easy-going ways. The old buildings can't escape the effects of progress, however.
走入旗山鎮熱鬧的街道，雖然依舊能感覺出鄉下特有的純樸與緩慢悠閒的生活步調，但那些能夠引人發出思古幽情的老厝，卻躲不過時代進步的巨輪，一幢幢被拆除改建了。延平路，是其中一條相當熱鬧的街道，放眼望去，鋼筋水泥的樓房佔了大半，而正在進行的建築工程也四處可見。