Ch'aochou has been the training area for paratroopers of the Republic of China since 1949, and people go about their business no matter how many parachutes may be overhead.
對初到潮州的人而言，從田地上空緩緩飄降的香蕈﹘﹘傘兵，是他們最愛看的「節目」。因為在全台其他地方，很難看到類似的奇觀。潮州人則不然；陸軍空降部隊自遷台後，就在此訓練傘兵。