Even 50 years ago, when the navigable channels had become silted up and the glory days had gone, local residents still lived cheek by jowl with the river and their lives were closely intertwined with it.
即便航道逐漸淤塞，聚落沒落，半世紀前，淡水河與沿岸居民仍有唇齒相依的綿密關係：