In those days, because of geographical factors, northern and southern Taiwan developed distinct varieties of settlement. On the wide, flat plains of southern Taiwan, villages basically massed together. In the mountainous north, settlement was spread out among many little villages.
當時，台灣北、南部因為地理等因素，形成聚落的型態不同，南部大平原，基本上是集村的性質，北部山丘起伏，是散村的形式。