Li Yuan-chun (Patrick Lee), the third of the five, who lived in the Li ancestral home from the age of six to the age of 21, remembers that at that time only 60 to 70 people were still living in the old house, and with changing social structures the old communal clan life had become a thing of the past, with everyone pursuing their individual livelihoods.
六歲到二十一歲都住在祖宅的老三李元群記得，當時的老宅只剩下六、七十人，由於社會型態轉變，已經不再是大家族的群體生活。