Chang Cheng-yang explains that this has occurred because more than 95 % of the people living in Meinung are Hakka, and the town itself is cut off from the surrounding area by mountains and the Laonung River. This isolation has helped to slow the loss of traditional culture.
美濃愛鄉協進會執行秘書張正揚解釋，美濃百分之九十五以上都是客家人，是很純的客家地區，再加上美濃山脈、茶頂山脈、荖濃溪的天然阻隔，地形封閉、交通又不是那麼便利，文化流失得較慢。