Shetou has a population of 45,000, and around half work in the hosiery industry. It is common for couples to work at home with several machines running day and night, husband and wife taking turns to supervise production. The sound of the machines busily knitting, competing with the buzzing of insects around the guava farms spread out below Mt. Pakua, has become a familiar lullaby for the town's children.
人口 4 萬 5 千人的社頭鄉，約有一半鄉民從事織襪業，常見夫妻兩人在家中擺放幾台機器，夜以繼日輪流看顧，夜裡織襪機轟隆輪轉，伴隨著八卦山下芭樂園裡的蟲鳴，成為社頭孩子最熟悉的夜曲。