There are many talented women in the Republic of China, of which Lin Huiyin counts as one, and Bingxin is also counted as a talented woman of that era. But the ancestral home of these two talented women also has a certain origin.
Three celebrities?
Now the encyclopedia and some online records have fixed the intersection of Lin Huiyin and Bingxin in Lin Huiyin's old residence in Fuzhou, which is said to be in the old residence of the Lin family at No. 86 Yangqiao Road, Gulou District, Fuzhou, and is also the "Tower Alley" of Fuzhou's old name.
What is "Tower Lane"?
According to records, the so-called "Tower Lane" refers to the area on the south side of Langguan Lane in Fuzhou City, where it is said that there are 84,000 small pagodas made by Qian Hong, the King of Wuyue during the Five Dynasties period, which are used as Tibetan scriptures. It is mainly imitated by the 84,000 pagodas built by Ashoka of India. It is said that this tower lane in Fuzhou has a small tower, which got its name because of it.
At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, this small pagoda was destroyed, and a small pagoda was rebuilt during the Qing Dynasty. By the 1950s, the small tower was moved to the alleyway.
There are also historical records that in 1928, after Lin Huiyin married Liang Sicheng, he and his mother He Xueyuan returned to their hometown in Fuzhou to live, and lived in the Lin family's old residence in Taxiang. But some people say that Lin Huiyin lives in the Old House of the Lin Family at No. 86 Yangqiao Road in Gulou District.
Which is the Lin family's old home?
People who have been to Fuzhou will find that if you visit No. 86 Yangqiao Road, you will find that this old house has two signs, one is the former residence of Lin Juemin, and the other is the former residence of Bingxin.
What's going on here?
It turned out that No. 86 Yangqiao Road was indeed the old residence of the Lin family, which belonged to Lin Juemin's father, Lin Xiaoying. In 1911, after Lin Juemin died as the 72 martyrs of Huanghuagang, his father sold the old mansion to Bingxin's grandfather in order to escape the Qing Dynasty, and then Lin Xiaoying fled with his family to the outskirts of Fuzhou.
Two old mansions?
Just now we introduced the so-called "three celebrities in one house", but there is no Lin Huiyin among the three celebrities. In fact, in 1928, the Lin family's old residence at No. 86 Yangqiao Road had become the Xie family's old residence, and Lin Hui could not live here.
Then why do you think that Lin Huiyin's old residence is No. 86 Yangqiao Road, and Lin Huiyin was actually here?
In fact, posterity believes that No. 86 Yangqiao Road is also correct, after all, this was once the old residence of the Lin family, but this house was sold to the Xie family. But whether the Lin family redeemed it later is unknown.
So is Lin Huiyin's ancestral old house at No. 86 Yangqiao Road?
Bingxin's ancestral home is actually the old house of Lin Huiyin's cousin Lin Juemin's family, that is to say, it is not the old residence of Lin Huiyin's family. Some online articles say that Lin Juemin is Lin Huiyin's uncle, but through official information, Lin Juemin is Lin Huiyin's cousin. Therefore, this old mansion and Lin Huiyin's family are only a Lin family's house, not Lin Huiyin's ancestral old residence. That is to say, Lin Huiyin still has an old house in Fuzhou, and Lin Huiyin did not live at No. 86 Yangqiao Road at that time.
A mystery?
In 1928, when Lin Huiyin and his mother returned to their hometown to live, where did they live? Some people say that Lin Huiyin's hometown is in Keyuan in Fuzhou, and where is Keyuan?
Nowadays, there are curious friends, according to the records, really went to Fuzhou to look for the "Keyuan" where Lin Huiyin lived.
According to records, after Lin Weiyin married Liang Sicheng in March 1928, she returned to her mother's home in August as a married daughter, that is, her hometown of Fuzhou. China's ancient traditions all have the custom of "returning to the door", but Liang Sicheng did not follow, he has accepted an offer from Northeastern University and taught in Shenyang.
At this time, Lin Huiyin's father Lin Changmin also died because of Guo Songling's incident, so Lin Huiyin took his mother He Xueyuan to live in Shenyang for a period of time. It is said that Lin Huiyin's hometown lived in the area of Yijinfang in Fuzhou, and later moved to Ta Lane.
Lin Changmin moved to the tower lane we mentioned earlier, and Lin Huiyin also lived in the house in the area of tower lane at that time. So where is the specific location of this house?
When someone finds this "Keyuan" and sees the hanging cultural relics protection sign. According to the people who live here, Lin Huiyin has not lived here, and the so-called "Keyuan" refers to Fuzhou Cangshan Keyuan.
Which Keyuan is where Lin Huiyin lived?
In 1928, Lin Huiyin's residence in Fuzhou was a short historical process, but the place of residence was confusing. Historical data records that Lin Huiyin did go back to the old house to live, since it is not No. 86 Yangqiao Road. Some people concluded that it was the "Keyuan" of Tower Lane.
According to relevant records, the original owner of Taxiang Keyuan was surnamed Zhong, and his descendants lived in Beijing and some went to Taiwan. What is the relationship between this owner surnamed Zhong and the Lin family? Could it be that the Lin family later sold the house to the Zhong family? Or is this not the place where Lin Huiyin once lived? We should also take the existing historical data as the standard.