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Where did I Leave My Footprints? Lin Xian-tang’s Journey to Europe

Publication date: 28 Nov 2013
Author: Ou Yi-han |Staff member of the Archives of Institute of Taiwan History

Lin Xian-tang (1881-1956), one of the figures in Traveling in Time Exhibition, was the leader of the Lin Family from Wufeng, Taichung. On May 15, 1927, he took the Fengshan Ferry from the Keelung Port with his two sons Pan-long and You-long starting to travel around in Europe and America. They spent 378 days visiting ten countries including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Italy, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Switzerland. In his diary, Lin Xian-tang wrote of what he had seen in his journey and hoped to broaden Taiwanese’s knowledge of Western culture. Now, let’s follow Lin’s steps by reading The Diary of Mr. Guan-yuan in 1927 to visit Europe!

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IV. Conclusion

Through viewing the precious historic materials left by the Qing official Shen Bao-zhen, the Hsu family enterprise Qian-he hao in Lugang, and the Chen family enterprise Tai-yi Hou in Nagasaki, we can glimpse the old capital of Tainanfu starting in the seventh century; the prosperous city of Lugang, which traded with Quanzhou, busy business center Bangkah which traded with Xiamen and Nagasaki. Tainanfu, Lugang and Bangkah not only witness the history of economic development in Taiwan, but also reflect Taiwan’s crucial role in East Asia.


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