The plan for Tsungyeh The Tsungyeh Sugar Factory, the focus of community development efforts, was established early in the Japanese occupation era. Japan's Meiji Sugar Company had a total of seven factories in Taiwan, with its island headquarters at the Tsungyeh plant. As a result, the factory complex was unusually substantial and included impressive office buildings and gardens. Now, 90 years later, it is considered a precious cultural asset.
麻豆社區總體營造的主角「總爺糖廠」，日據時代原屬明治製糖株式會社，轄下共有七所糖廠，而總社即設在麻豆總爺糖廠內，因此廠區規劃完善，頗具規模的辦公室群和具有優雅景觀的植栽群，在九十年後的今天已成為彌足珍貴的文化資產。