This road to Homei, with its famous residence "Silent Garden," 60 or 70 years ago was a place where the local literati, Lai Ho among them, would go for strolls. "Silent Garden was located in Tutsuotsuo [today's Homei and Tsuoli]. It was the family home of the landlord Chen Hsu-ku.
彰化市往和美鎮的路上，致力研究彰化新文學運動的彰化中學老師呂興忠興奮地解釋著，這條通往和美名宅「默園」的道路，便是六、七十年前，包括賴和在內的彰化文人常走的一段路。