In 1999, he obtained his BA degree and returned to Taiwan. When he first came back, he was obsessed with exploring the special qualities of his own culture, so he left the tinsmith shop and went out to see Taiwan's mountains and rivers for himself and to understand the local people and culture.
一九九九年，陳志揚取得學士學位返台，剛回台灣時他一直思索把握自己文化的特色，於是走出錫舖，去親近台灣的山川大地、瞭解鄉里人文。