Chung Chien-chih is one of those young people who have returned home to make a career for themselves. Three years ago, Chung began making pottery and teaching pottery classes in a curing barn which had belonged to his great grandfather and was located at the base of the Lungtu ridge. This not only put the long-derelict curing barn to use again, but also gave Chung a means of making a living in Meinung.
從田園造景作起，繼而接觸陶藝，三年多前鍾建志在美濃龍肚大崎下、阿太（祖父）留下來的菸樓裡，教學、做陶，不僅讓塵封已久的菸樓得以再生，永續利用，也為自己找到一條出路。