Rather than greet their famous son at the airport, his parents waited at home with incense and offerings for him to sacrifice in gratitude to his ancestors.
李博士回國的當天，二老未往機場，而在老家備好蔬果香火，讓遠哲一進家門，便先祭告先祖，把一切榮耀歸諸孕育綿延、厚澤庇蔭的李氏列祖列宗。