After becoming a journeyman at age 18, Li went off to take part in restoration work on the Lungshan and Tienhou temples like his father and older brother before him.
從十八歲學成出師，李松林便跟著父兄參與鹿港龍山寺、天后宮修建工作。廿一歲，台北大龍峒孔廟興建工程開工，由泉州籍老師父王益順總其成。