During the last years of the Ming dynasty (1386-1644 A.D.) one of Cheng Ch'eng-kung's (Koxinga) generals, Lin Pa led a group of soldiers into the interior to open up the mountain lands.
明朝末年，鄭成功部將林杞率兵開發中部山區，順著山道找到這裡，發現此地林木蒼鬱繁茂，便帶漢民來此開山墾荒，也從大陸移入大量竹苗。「阮祖先三百年前，就會栽竹苗啦！」