The many ponds which used to be dotted about the Taoyuan plateau were laboriously dug, spadeful by spadeful, by settlers who cleared the land a century ago. Apart from their functions of flood control and regulating the temperature, they were also intended to store water to get people through times of drought.
過去桃園台地上的許多池塘，是百年前開墾者辛苦一鋤一剷挖出來的，除有防洪、調節溫度之效，目的也為蓄水防旱，不愁無水。