But shortly before the people rallied together to buy Lotus Pool, Lin quietly donated three of his old gouache masterpieces to the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan Museum of Art, and Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art.
然而，就在全民搶救《蓮池》之前，林玉山卻悄悄地捐出自己珍藏多年的三件大型膠彩屏風給台北市立美術館、省美館及高雄市立美術館。