A tarnished Matsu hat Born in Chiehting, Kaohsiung County in 1938, Lin Chi-feng moved to Tainan with his family when he was ten. The war had just ended, and ROC military families crossing the strait from mainland China had brought much gold with them. Lin Chi-feng's parents opened a "silver house" in Tainan, where they sold gold jewelry.
變黑的媽祖帽林啟豐，一九三八年出生於高雄縣茄萣鄉，十歲隨家人遷居台南，當時大戰剛結束，從大陸遷台的軍民隨身夾帶了不少金子，林啟豐的父母就在台南開設銀樓、打造金飾。