page_title: Lin Ben Yuan Family
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Lin Ben Yuan Family / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: 臺灣臺北縣板橋市的林本源園邸中的庭園建築汲古書屋
context_page_description: The Lin Ben Yuan Family, also known as the Banqiao Lin Family, are a Taiwanese family of businesspeople, politicians, and scholars. They rose from Banqiao, Taipei during the era of the Qing dynasty and are still active in present Taiwan.
  In June 2008, Forbes ranked Lin Ming-cheng as the 20th-richest person in Taiwan. He is a member of the seventh generation of the family and the vice chairman of Hua Nan Financial Holdings.
context_section_description: In 1819, Lin Ping-hou built Lin Shi Yi Zhuang (林氏義莊), a 2,500-square-metre (27,000-square-foot) charitable home and organization for the less fortunate people back in his home town in China. This home has been restored and has become a historical landmark. 
  The Lin Family Mansion and Garden, the house of the family in Taiwan, is a typical Chinese garden which was appointed as a national monument.
  The Lin Family Mansion in Gulangyu Island, Xiamen, China was built in 1895 by Lim Nee Kar (林爾嘉; Lin Erjia), second son of Lin Wei Yuan. The mansion became a boutique hotel in 2010. The buildings are under conservation by government's mandate and have preserved much of its architecture and magnificence.
  Accompanying the mansion is Shuzhuang Garden (菽莊花園) which is at the southern tip of Gulangyu Island. It was also created by Lim Nee Kar in 1913 as he had wanted to recreate the family's garden in Taiwan which he dearly missed. In 1955, this garden was donated to the Chinese government and opened to the public.
caption: Ji Gu Shu Wu, a library in the Lin Family Mansion and Garden.
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