Taiwan in those days was wilderness, but the wide-open land and bountiful resources continued to attract Han Chinese from the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong. According to historical sources, the population of coastal Fujian and Guangdong in that era was highly concentrated, with mountainous areas outweighing habitable ones, which further intensified the attraction of Taiwan for the Han.
當時的台灣雖為蠻荒，但土地廣大、物產富饒，在在吸引閩粵沿海的漢人，根據史料，當時的閩粵沿海也因為人口稠密，山多地少，更加吸引漢人來台。