"The irrigation channel was once the center of life in Piyahaw," Lin says. "It was where you bathed, washed your clothes, had fun .... Everybody would work during the day, and gather here at night." In the 1980s, after several children drowned here, the channel was sealed, and the whole situation changed.
「水圳本來是碧候的生活重心，以前洗澡、洗衣服、玩耍......，大家白天工作，晚上都聚集在這裡，」林金助表示，自從民國七十幾年接連有孩童溺斃、水圳被封後，情形就變了。