Hakka culture is particularly well preserved in Meinung, which is enclosed by mountains on three sides and has a 90 % Hakka population. The town even retains holdovers from the ancient culture of China's central plains that have died out elsewhere, including three shrines--the only ones of their kind left in Taiwan--dedicated to the Lishe-Zhenguan Lord, a god who guards the local supply of water.
尤其是美濃，由於三面環山、地形封閉，加上百分之九十的居民為客家人，因而保存了特別完整的客家文化，甚至其他地方已經失傳的中原古禮，像是把守水源的「里社真官伯公」，全省就只有美濃地區還留有三座。