After my various observations of village life and customs over these eighteen months I felt that I had arrived at a different understanding of life.
在這十八個月中，除了訪談族人，翻遍了家譜、族譜，去看神主牌、墓地，也參加族裡所有的婚喪喜慶，自己覺得對人生的體會，有了比較不同的看法。