"200 years ago," says Mr. Lin, "The builder of the ku-ts'o had seven sons. My father descended from the second oldest, so according to tradition, we lived in the house on the right. When I grew up here in the fifties, there were 30 households, over 200 people, and lots of action.
「近二百年前起厝的志能公，有七個兒子，我父親屬於老二這一系，也就是所謂的『二房』」，林慶隆靠在他小時候經常攀爬的下院格扇門上解釋說，按照傳統老房子「以左為大」的排法，「我家住在供神主牌的正廳右邊廂房。」