The residents grew a hedge of bamboo to block overflowing water from the Tanshui River and also to keep out thieves, so the town developed the name "Bamboo Circle" (in Mandarin, "Chuwei").
而居民種植成排的竹子以阻擋淡水河洪汛及防止小偷，所以就用「竹圍」作為地名。