Ninety-three-year old Mrs. Kao stands on a dyke near the town of Tamsui at sunset and describes the prosperous scene she used to see as a child: "At that time Tamsui was a 'real' harbor," and several hundred boats a day would sail in and out. Not until the Japanese opened up the harbor at Keelung did the number begin to fall off.
黃昏河堤上，一位九十三歲高齡、祖籍福建省晉江縣的高老太太，形容她小時候所目睹的盛況：「那時候，淡水河是『正港』」老太太說，每天來來去去的大小帆船，有幾百艘，直到日本人統治以後，開了基隆港，淡水的船才少了一點。