Their main means of livelihood are fruit growing (apples, pears and peaches) forestry and rice, as well as trout raising. Two of the biggest fishery owners in the area are brothers Hu Cheng-chung and Hu Cheng-lu, aborigines who live near the summit of Mt.
胡家兄弟一人有一部鐵牛車，據說買了好幾年，能有自備的交通工具，上下出入山區自然就十分方便了。