Yang Tung-jung says that Takeng, with 300 or so households and 1600-plus residents, is nicknamed "Longevity-ville" because it boasts the longest life expectancy of any village in Kungkuan Rural Township. Yang laughs as he says, "Every year at Lunar New Year when we give out 'red envelopes' [containing cash gifts] to everyone over 80, we end up giving out 50 or 60 at a time!"
村長楊統榮指出，大坑居民三百多戶、一千六百多人，是全公館鄉平均年齡最長壽的，有「長壽村」的美名，「過年時發紅包給八十歲以上的老人家，一發就是五、六十個，」楊統榮笑著說。