The twisting mountain roads from neighboring towns cannot boast the number of travelers that used to come up the river on boats, bringing a prosperous boom-town age that left behind many architectural monuments.
當地與三峽、龍潭、關西、鶯歌相通的山路，未能像過去的淡水河般，為此地帶來舟楫輻輳、萬商雲集的繁華，卻引來一批批肩背相機、手持筆記的建築學者、古蹟專家、學生、觀光客……，頂著日頭，穿梭在老街、牌樓、田野、古厝間，細細尋訪歷史的痕跡。