Liu Leyan, a young man from Taiwan, was recently invited to Taizhou to participate in the "2021 Cross-Strait Young Talents Charm Taizhou Tour" held locally.
At the first stop of the event, they came to Dachen Island in Jiaojiang.
The scenery of Dachen Island is very similar to Taiwan's Penghu Bay, but for Liu Leyan, there is a more special meaning here - her grandmother went to Taiwan from here.
Liu Leyan's grandmother has always had a wish to find her hometown when she was a child.
"I asked Grandma, Grandma, how did you come to Taiwan?" That question actually made my grandmother cry, and she cried like a child. Liu Leyan said.
"I want to know where my ancestors came from, and I want to know the stories of my ancestors." This time, Liu Leyan also came to Taizhou with her grandmother's wish to find roots, and she used her mobile phone to record her own journey to find relatives.
"Grandma, the Pine Gate where you lived when you were a child, do you have any features or attractions in that place?" Liu Leyan asked her grandmother on the other end of the phone.
"What willow pit is there next to the pine gate... My father's brother seems to be the township chief named Lin Zhiyou. Grandma recalled.
"In fact, I think I may not be able to find it, but I am not dead- With these only clues, Liu Leyan embarked on the road to Songmen to find her roots.
Knowing that Liu Leyan came with her grandmother's wish, the staff of the Taizhou Cross-Strait Exchange Association helped contact the Songmen Town Government.
"Your great-grandfather Lin Zhiyou, who was originally the captain of one of our public security brigades in Wenling, was not the township chief of Songmen." Tu Shanshan, a propaganda committee member of Songmen Town in Wenling City, said.
"The specific location is in Yangliu Pit, Yangliu Pit does not belong to Songmen, it is in Shitang Town, maybe you have to go to Shitang Town to understand it more specifically." Tu Shanshan suggested.
After a series of twists and turns, it turned out that Liu Leyan's grandmother's home was not in Songmen Town, but in the adjacent Shitang Town.
After arriving at Yangliu Pit, Liu Leyan was pleasantly surprised to find that there were still people who remembered the name of Lin Zhiyou, the leader of the security brigade. What she did not expect was that the old house of her grandmother and his uncle was a turret, and it has now become a cultural relic of Shitang Town.
"Grandma, I've found your house, didn't you have a turret in your house before?"
"Grandma! Your family's turret is now a monument to Shitang Town! ”
"I've found your home!" I'm looking for your house! Grandma..." Liu Leyan said excitedly to her grandmother on the other end of the phone.
Just when Liu Leyan was excited to find her grandmother's hometown, a local grandmother found her and asked Liu Leyan to call her grandmother.
"Hey, Lan A Niang, I'm Lin Meiling." My dad Lin Xiaoniu (transliteration) You know? He named Lin Rong in Taiwan, from this side past... I want to ask if my father's grave can still be found, and if I can find it, I want to go to Taiwan to meet him..."
It turned out that she recognized Liu Leyan's grandmother and hoped to find out her father's whereabouts through her grandmother. Seeing the two elderly people communicating cordially in the Taizhou dialect through their mobile phones, Liu Leyan deeply felt that no matter how wide the strait is, it is also separated from the family affection between the two sides of the strait.
This video of a Taiwanese girl "searching for her roots"
After the release of the "Beautiful Zhejiang" Douyin number
It has attracted the attention of many netizens
It also resonated with many people
The strait is wider
It is also separated from the family affection between the two sides of the strait!
This article is partially integrated with China News Network and China-Singapore Zhejiang WeChat public account