When the river around Mengchia became silted up, Tataocheng became the new harbor for trade with the mainland of China.
後來，由於自淡水河上游流下來的河沙，越積越多，使艋舺岸邊碼頭外的河水，變得越來越淺，碼頭不得不向下移，大稻埕沿淡水河一帶岸邊，遂成為與大陸貿易的船隻停靠的理想碼頭，逐漸取代了艋舺的地位。