[Minnan.com]
On the Lantern Festival, more than 180 Kinmen Li clan relatives came to the Li clan ancestral hall of Puyuan, and led the team with the new Kinmen County Mayor Yang Zhenzhen. The villagers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait worshipped their common ancestor Li Junxuan in accordance with traditional customs, and held hands to share their hometown feelings. "Although I am not a clan relative of the Li family, I am happy to see cross-strait clan exchanges." Yang Zhenzhen said that cross-strait clan exchanges are one of the best ways to promote cross-strait relations and an important basis for the "all-connected communication" between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. It is not just the clan relative of the Li family. He hopes that through such activities, more Kinmen compatriots will be encouraged to search for their roots in the mainland.
Guide reporter learned that Xiang'an Puyuan Village and the Kinmen Li clan's blood have been passed down. The Li clan has been passed down to Kinmen for more than 600 years. The clans of the two places often come and go, and the friendship continues to deepen. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the anniversary of Li Junxuan, the founding ancestor of the Li family. Since 2008, the Li family members of the Kinmen will form groups to visit Xiang'anpu Garden to worship their ancestors. This has become a tradition and has been held for more than ten years.
It is reported that three of the county magistrates of Kinmen are descendants of the Li family in Puyuan, including Li Zhufeng and Li Washi who are familiar to everyone.
On January 29 this year, Yang Zhenzhen and his delegation held a symposium with Xiamen Municipal Government, put forward 35 issues to deepen exchanges and cooperation between Xiamen and Jin, and reached consensus on establishing and improving the coordination mechanism for normalized work of Xiamen and Jin, establishing a diversified-driven operation mechanism, and preparing for the construction of expert consulting think tanks. (Reporter Chen Chengpei/China News Service Photo)
