Ye Fun founders, Kuo Wan-lai and Yang Chao-chuang, provide a good example of how hard work has led to success in Taiwan's rattan furniture industry. They were born in the farm village of Kuanmiao in Tainan County, which has a flourishing bamboo industry.
藝芳的工廠設在台南縣的關廟鄉，當地人素來以勤勞著稱，不管是婦人或小孩，總會利用閒暇，把當地盛產的竹子編織成各種竹器，舉凡花籃、竹簍、花瓶、果盤，以至耳環、別針、玩偶等，無不做得精巧細緻，討人喜愛。