Liu Ko-hsiang, a veteran nature observer and explorer of old trails in Taiwan, argues that the answer is to be found in history. He says that it is related to the expulsion of the Dutch from Taiwan by the Chinese general Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga) in the 17th century.
長期從事台灣自然觀察、舊路探查的作家劉克襄認為，這個演變應與十七世紀鄭成功逐走據台荷蘭人的歷史淵源大有關係。