From a young age, Li Yang learned the tik-long-a-tshu construction method from his father and older brothers. After graduating from elementary school, he officially joined the family workshop and started his livelihood in building tik-long-a-tshu houses in the Anping area of Tainan.
In 1906, the first modern sugar factory in Taiwan was established there by the Japanese Meiji Sugar Company, later becoming Jiali Sugar Factory. The predecessor of Soulangh Cultural Park was a group of 14 warehouses belonging to the Jiali Sugar Factory, covering an area of approximately 13.8 hectares.