Hung Hsin-lan of the town's neighborhood association explains that the forefathers of today's Meinung residents settled in this location 260 years ago, and built their first "Founding Uncle" at the foot of Lingshan mountain. Later, as the settlement grew, they built the present Founding Uncle next to the East Gate.
美濃愛鄉協會專案研究員洪馨蘭解釋：美濃人的祖先在兩百六十多年前來到美濃開墾，並在開墾的靈山山麓修建了最早的「開基伯公」，隨後聚居成彌濃莊，於是又立了這座東門邊的「莊頭伯公」。