Traveling around the island of Taiwan by train, one sees scenery of lush fields stretching between country villages. In the eyes of the urbanite, they appear as a vision of Mother Nature's generous bounty, but to farmers, these fertile fields are the fruits of hard labor. In particular, the irrigation channels-large and small-that run through them bear witness to years of toil by Taiwan's agricultural pioneers.
搭火車逛一圈台灣，鄉間農田阡陌交錯，在都市長大的旅客眼中，是沃野平疇的好風光，然而對農民來說，這良田千頃卻是汗滴禾下土的成果，田埂之間交織的大小溝渠，更訴說著先民們辛勤奮鬥的故事。