Origin:

According to the "Qiankeng Lin Family Genealogy", at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Lin Nanshan, the ancestor of the Qiankeng Lin family, migrated from Fujian. Lin Nanshan's identity is a "virgin scholar". There are many folk legends about why Lin Nanshan was founded here.

As the saying goes: The sun rises in Shalongzheng and the sun sets in Qiankengzhai. This proverb means that in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, there was a wealthy family named Lin in Qiankeng. In terms of transportation at that time, the Rongjiang River was an important thoroughfare. Ships from Shantou, Jieyang to Hepo and Wuhua usually stayed here overnight when they arrived at Qiankeng, and ships going down happened to be docked here at sunset.

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The development of the Lin family in Qiankeng Town:

During the Yongjia period of the Jin Dynasty, Lin Lu, then the king of Jin'an County, moved to Fujian. Lin Lu gave birth to nine sons, all of whom were You are the prefectural pastor, so it is called the "Jiu Mu Family". Since the large-scale influx of "Jiu Mu Family" in the Song Dynasty, they have been widely distributed in various places, especially in Jieyang, which is known as "Linban County".

It is said that due to the powerful power of the Lin family, the Jieyang County Magistrate during the Republic of China had to be named Lin in order to be able to hold office. The largest Lin family settlement in Jieyang is Qiankengzhai in Jiexi.

The village is located in the southern mountainous area of ??Jiexi County, bordering Puning. It has developed into a giant town stretching for several kilometers, with a population of nearly 100,000 people basically surnamed Lin.

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