The town was originally settled by six different Lin and Shan families. Each was of a different Hakka clan and came to Taiwan independently, but close interaction between different ethnic groups in the area led to the "Hakkanization" of some local Fujianese and aborigines.
這裡曾經是六個不同支脈、不同來台祖的林姓單姓聚落，隨著族群間的往來密切，也產生閩南變客家、原住民變客家的例子。