Another point of note is that Lihsiangkuo was the brainchild of local man and Tunghai University architecture graduate Pai Hsi-min, who came up with the idea over 20 years ago, starting Lungching on its way to becoming a pioneer of town planning and social consciousness in Taiwan.
值得一提的是，大肚山腰上的「理想國」，由東海大學建築系畢業的白錫旼因夢想量身打造而來，在二十多年前，便為龍井開啟造街計畫與社區意識，是台灣社區營造的先驅，至今榮景不衰。