Lin Yuan-yuan recalls that when he was small he was often awakened at around 8 or 9 o'clock at night by his father, who would order him to take something or other and place it on someone's grave. The next morning his father would go and check, and Lin would be punished if he had not completed the task-no breakfast for him that day.
林淵源記得小時候父親常常會在晚上八、九點，吩咐他去某某人的墓地放一包東西，第二天早晨老爸去檢查，如果沒有做到，就要受處罰，不能吃早飯，「因為要培養小孩子的勇氣。」