For Nanchuang, which is said to preserve the most primeval and natural appearance and way of life in all of Miaoli County, what some see as rustic simplicity is in reality a harsh living environment, with dilapidated brick houses and people doing hard labor to stay fed and sheltered, plus some lonely and isolated old people left forgotten in the embrace of the mountain.
號稱保有苗栗縣內最原始山林風貌及居民生活形態的南庄鄉，所謂純樸，便是艱困的生存環境、散落的老舊磚房、以苦力換取溫飽的人們，和一些被遺忘在青山懷抱裡殘喘餘年的孤伶老人。