在这部命水纪录片片中,在沒有自來水的年代，人們靠著地底下的贈禮――地下湧泉或井水，餵養一代又一代的生命；當自來水系統完備，開啟水龍頭就能獲得水，人們好像忘了，水是維繫生命的重要元素。面對各地水汙染事件不斷發生，我們需要重新思考人與水的共處方式。當地下水經過地層的過濾，沿途流經土地、長出稻米、發展漁撈，最後製成食物，成了養育生「命」之「水」。
From time immemorial, springs and wells have supplied our paddy fields with continuous nourishment. People nowadays seem to have forgotten the fundamental role that water plays in life. But facing the increasing water pollution, we must choose either to look away or learn how to coexist in harmony with water.
