And that's probably about the extent of most people's familiarity with the place. This town of just 40,000 isn't placed particularly well for agriculture, with the characteristic red clay at the base of Mt. Pakua lacking fertility. It's not exactly the easiest place to make a living in either, but the locals get by-mostly working firing red bricks.
對於人口僅四萬多的花壇鄉來說，八卦山腳下的紅黏土不夠肥沃、不適耕種，不算是生活的好地方，但鄉民硬是找出生存之道，燒出上等的紅磚；此外，這裡也稱茉莉花的故鄉，是全國最大面積的茉莉花栽植區。