Liukuei begins to awaken, and soon farmers are on their way to the fields and workers on their way to work. Liukuei is located in a remote part of northeast Kaohsiung County in southern Taiwan. Hemmed in by mountains, the village seems to have spread in any direction it could.
六龜鄉公所民政課員溫草鑑每次騎摩托車出門，經過田邊時，總是一路按喇叭，向在田裡作活的農民打招呼，對方也都會伸直工作時躬曲的身軀，揮手向他問好。