Reminiscing about his childhood, he says happily: "It turns out that the Xiamen port was right across from the front door of my home. When I was a child, as soon as it got dark I could see bright lights on the horizon, out on the water. Stupidly, I still thought they were stars.
憶起童年，黃清榮滿心喜悅地說：「我家門前，剛巧對著廈門港，童年時，天一黑就看到天邊海上輻射著三道光芒，我還傻傻地以為那是星星。