The 50 or 60 families that lived in the Sanying Community during the height of its prosperity 10 or 20 years ago were almost all Amis from Hualien and Taitung, as are the 30-some households that remain there today.
就以三鶯部落來說，從一、二十年前鼎盛時期的五、六十戶，到目前僅存三十多戶，幾乎都是來自花蓮、台東的阿美族人。