"When my father was alive," says second-generation gong maker Lin Lie-chi, "he used gongs as a metaphor for life. He would always tell us that the most important things are the fundamentals. 'If you don't have the right raw materials, you can't make a good gong.'
「父親在世時，經常訓誡我們，底最重要，就像銅鑼一般，基本材料用錯了，就不可能打出好鑼來」，兒子林烈旗記得父親常以做鑼的經驗來教育他們。