明里村這個位於花蓮縣富里鄉靠近中央山脈山腳下的小村莊。它是全鄉最小的村莊，卻在日治時期至光復之後創造出台灣的經濟奇蹟。當你踏進庄裡時，你很難想像曾經這裡擁有全國最高密度的菸樓數目，以及藏富於民之驚豔。在這裡閩南人佔極少數，而客家人與平埔人各佔一半的人口。這裡的平埔原住民多拿香拜拜。而居住在山腳下的布農族卻是信仰基督教。而曾經帶給這樣迷你村莊繁榮的菸葉，究竟在百年前呈現出什麼樣的產業面向？以及菸農們都是自哪兒移民而來，這些即是我這篇論文所要探討的內容。

Min Li is a small village situated near the foot of Central Mountain Range in Fu Li（富里） Township. It is the smallest among the villages in Fu Li, yet it had created a miracle in Taiwan's economy during the Japanese colonization and the post-war periods. After entering this area, it hard for most people to imagine, and afterwards be taken by surprise, that this village once had the highest tobacco workshop density across the island of Taiwan. Min Nan（閩南） is the minority while Haka（客家） and Pin Pu（平埔） share the rest of the population. Most of the locals from the Pin Pu group tend to worship spirits, and the Bu Norn（布農） people are the goers of Catholic Church. What was the tobacco industry like when this small village was enjoying the flourishing economy brought to them by tobacco making? Where did the immigrating tobacco farmers come from? These will serve as the main focus of this research.