To find the historical origins of "Parisa," Huang Jui-chiang-a teacher of Chinese literature at Ilan Senior High-spent days poring through historical documents. He discovered that from Liu Mingchuan's term in office as governor of Taiwan during the Qing Dynasty, over 100 years ago, until the Japanese occupation, the area was administered under the name "Parisa." Thus a basis for the struggle for that name was found.
為了找出「叭哩沙」的歷史淵源，在宜蘭高中教國文的黃瑞疆花了多天時間爬梳史料，發現從劉銘傳治台到日據時代，一百多年來，統治階層都以「叭哩沙」做為行政區的名稱，而據之做為爭取的基礎。