Where does "sunrise is sand and sunset is a thousand villages" come from?

According to the genealogy of Qiankeng Lin, Lin Nanshan, the ancestor of Qiankeng Lin, moved to Fujian in the late Southern Song Dynasty. Lin Nanshan's identity is "Chu Shi". There are many legends about why Lin Nanshan started here.

As the saying goes: make it at sunrise, the sand is long and positive, and rest at sunset, Qiankeng Village. This proverb means that in the middle of Qing Dynasty, Qiankenglin was named Fu Jia. At that time, Rongjiang was the main road. Ships from Shantou and Jieyang to Hepo and Wuhua usually stayed here for the night, while the descending ships happened to be at sunset, so they had to stop here.

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Development of Lin Family in Qiankeng Town;

During the Jin Yongjia period, Lu Lin footballer, then the king of Jin 'an County, moved to Fujian. Lin Lusheng had nine sons, all of whom were state shepherds, so he was called "nine shepherds". "Jiumu Family" has been widely distributed in various places since it entered the tide in the Song Dynasty, especially Jieyang, which is known as the "half-county forest".

It is said that the Jieyang county magistrate in the Republic of China had to be surnamed Lin because of the powerful clan of Lin. The largest number of Lin surnames living in Jieyang is Qiankeng Village in Jiexi.

The village is located in the southern mountainous area of Jiexi County, bordering Puning. At present, it has developed into a huge town stretching for several kilometers, with a population of nearly100000 basically surnamed Lin.

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