Taiwan's Han Chinese settlers who came from the mainland dug numerous irrigation channels to bring river water to their fields. The farmers would flood the fields in the early spring, and nourish their seedlings amid the wet fields. Then they would adjust the level of water, apply manure and root out weeds, tending to the stalks until they had flowered and matured. The final result was a harvest of golden rice.
唐山過台灣的先民，為了灌溉農田開鑿了許多渠道引進溪水，從初春整地引水濕潤田土、秧苗因水的滋潤逐漸成長，之後農民調節水量，施肥除草，直到稻子成長、開花，結出一片金黃色稻浪。