Taiwan has 319 rural townships like Yuchih. In the 1950s and 1960s, agriculture was the backbone of Taiwan's economy, and many areas relied on the large sums of foreign exchange agricultural villages earned. Later, when changes in the economy sent agriculture into decline, traditional villages began decaying as their populations dispersed.
類似魚池鄉的台灣 319 個鄉鎮，是台灣生命力的源頭，在以農立國的民國四、五十年代，不少地方仰賴農林聚落賺進大筆外匯；隨後農林業在轉型中漸趨衰退，傳統聚落也因人口流失而瓦解。