Since then, the place has been known as Wulai, the Sinicized version of Ulai, thanks to the area's hot water-the springs, which have now also become the town's economic lifeblood.
此後，「烏來」成為當地的地名，溪邊湧出的熱水──溫泉，則成為今日烏來的經濟命脈。