These trading ships would head to Lukang to do their business, and the merchants aboard started to seek out places in the area with similar water quality to their mainland homes so they could start raising fish there. Eventually they hit upon the nutrient-rich natural springs at the base of Mt.
船行至鹿港下貨，商賈們希望找一處與大陸水質相近的地方飼養，一路尋覓到八卦山下、擁有豐富天然湧泉的花壇鄉，魚苗寮因此產生。