Taiwan is often thought of as a producer of umbrellas, toys, suitcases and bicycles, but many of these low-tech industries have either moved out or vanished. In fact, the hosiery industry in the township of Shetou may be one of the few family-based industries left in the country.
台灣曾是雨傘、玩具、手提箱、腳踏車的生產大國，這些傳統產業或因壯大外移、或消失凋零，目前碩果僅存的傳統聚落可能只剩社頭織襪業。