While their lifestyles allow them to avoid the rat race, they also walk a legal tightrope-the Water Act forbids the construction of factories or residences in the "river areas" in which they live.
他們過著自耕自食、與世無爭的生活，但卻在《水利法》規定「河川區域（行水區）不得建造工廠或房屋」的違法鋼索上行走。