Local historian Li Wen-bei reports with frustration, "The land is sinking into the water. It has already subsided more than a meter." The land in Kouhu Rural Township now lies 67 centimeters below sea level. Three years ago, Wanshan Temple had to be lifted up two meters onto pilings.
只是，夜以繼日超抽地下水，使得「地都沈在水裡，沈米多了，」桋梧文史工作室負責人李文貝無奈地表示，口湖鄉的土地已經低於海平面六十七公分了，萬善祠早在三年前，連根拔起加高了二米，尚未完工的新廟乾脆留了一層樓的高度，以防地層的不斷下陷。