Kuo Chiung-ying, a professor at Chinese Culture University, explains that as the green space and parks within Taipei itself became insufficient to meet the demands of its burgeoning population, Yangmingshan became important for more than just the hot springs and touristoriented farms that have been operating there for years. Yangmingshan has become the city's lungs, and on any weekend or holidays long lines of cars head in that direction.
除了具有長期歷史的溫泉和休閒農業，文化大學景觀系主任郭瓊瑩指出，隨著台北人口增加，市區裡的公園綠地太少，陽明山又扮演著「市肺」的重要角色，到了假日自然出現龐大人潮。