[潭腰地名的由來] 清代嘉慶晚期(1810年代),泉州人楊海至此地開墾。北勢溪的溪水流至此地,形成長潭,兩岸凹入潭水,有如腰身,所以人們稱此地為「潭腰」。翡翠水庫興建之後,潭腰形成鱷魚島及千島湖的奇景。 [Origin of Tanyao Place Name ~ In the late Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty (1810s), Yanghai, a native of Quanzhou, reclaimed the land here. The flow of