Pali, known as "the home of green bamboo shoots" for its famous local vegetable, is-like many remote areas all over Taiwan-accepting the pain and enjoying the pleasures of life in the space between hopeful expectations and disappointing letdowns. And, being marginal, it also must live with burdens that the citizens themselves do not want.
因盛產綠竹筍，被譽為「綠竹筍的故鄉」的八里，就像台灣許多大大小小遙遠的鄉鎮，在期待與失落中，承載著生活必需的悲苦與歡樂，並由於位處邊陲，擔負著眾人不願承受之重。