Half a century ago, the people of Checheng realized they would need to turn the chinook winds, which outsiders saw as a source of trouble, into a seasonal resource. They thus began cultivating onions.
車城鄉民早在半世紀前，便懂得將外來客最引以為苦的「落山風」轉換成氣候資源，用來種植洋蔥。