After the Council for Cultural Affairs (CCA) worked out plans for the establishment of a preservation district in 1989, the 50 or so households (most with the surname of Chen) living on 1.4 hectares of land quickly gave their unanimous approval to having the entire village designated as a historic preservation district.
早在民國七十八年，文建會規劃「二崁聚落保存」計畫後，面積約一．四公頃，五十來戶住民多屬陳姓宗族的二崁村，很快就一致贊成整個聚落的保存計畫。