The task of making the baskets he assigned to his eldest son, Meng-hsiu. "The baskets, in the shape of a betel nut, were completely hollowed out and covered with ornamentation," Lin Chi-feng explains. "Each one took over a month to finish, which is why he only made three." In a field that few are now entering, Lin Meng-hsiu has become a master himself.
「完全鏤空、銀絲雕花的檳榔籃，每一只都需耗費一個多月的時間才能完成，因此只製作三只，」林啟豐說，由於國內願意投入製作的人很少，兒子也成了這項工藝的頂尖高手。