Next came waves of immigrants from the Quanzhou and Changzhou regions of Fujian, who undertook large-scale transformation of northern Taiwan. They cut irrigation ditches to tap the mountain rivers, cut down the trees for building materials, and engaged in slash-and-burn agriculture.
接著，隨著橫渡黑水溝、進入大屯山低海拔山區開墾的閩南漳、泉移民增多，大屯山區開始了大規模的變遷。