Author illustrates the traditional beliefs and culture in Dawu Tribe on the island Lanyu (Orchid Island) in detail by reflecting the shock he faces after returning to the island from Taiwan Island as an highly educated individual, from the struggle of not fitting in to the society he comes from, the adjusting to the traditional life, to finally the dilemma between living in the traditional but frugal way and embracing the modern life that Han people bring but at the same time the life that diminishes the traditional of Dawu.