"My ancestors were wealthy, with much land, but that's past. But my ancestors came to Hsinchuang to open the frontier; their descendants should know of their hard work."
但是祖先來新莊開墾，招眾建渠是很艱苦的，子孫們應該要知道」，他表示，對子孫而言，先人開荒闢土的辛苦經營，要比富甲一方值得驕傲。張澄河口中的祖先，是指來自福建省晉江縣鑑湖鄉的開台祖張士箱。