Many records from antiquity state that because of the poor quality and low availability of the soil, many men left home to seek their fortunes, leaving the women to work the land and look after the old and young, thus making them into the central pillars of the home economy and daily life.
許多典籍上記載，由於土瘠民貧、山多田少，因此男子多抱著他鄉之志，遠遊謀生，留下婦女開墾家園、照料老小，成為家庭經濟、生活的支柱。