From a young age, Lin was steeped in the historical atmosphere surrounding the Lin family, and on her way to school every day she passed a statue of Lin Wen-chin, whose son Lin Hsien-tang is known as "the father of the Taiwan Parliament movement."
自小浸淫在霧峰林家的歷史氛圍裡，每天上學還會路經清末舉人林文欽（「台灣議會之父」林獻堂的父親）銅像，林滿紅對林家花園的歷史如數家珍。