Li describes the case of his own family. His mother and father came from Hakka backgrounds on the mainland, and as clan identity is strongly emphasized in Hakka culture, his father used to require all his children and grandchildren to be at the family home for dinner on New Year's Eve.
他以自己的家庭為例，他的父母親是來自大陸的客家人，由於客家傳統重視宗族觀念，即使兒女都各自成家，早年每次過年他的父親都要把兒女孫輩招到老家圍爐吃年夜飯。