林秀金Lin Hsiu-chin

在城市长大的秀金，从小她就从声音中寻找自己血脉中的律动，早期她加入了优人神鼓，生命的长成岁月中，她开始认识自己的文化与歌谣，并深深为之感动。 在鼓声的频率中，她开始吟唱自己的歌，细昂的声线，隐约道出绵密於土地的情怀，人文的焠鍊与朴实的质地，听她唱歌，部落的灯亮了，生命动了起来，世俗在歌 声中渐渐淡出，聆听者的身边，彷佛有月亮与浪涛声相伴，安静的宇宙呈现出大自然的气息，缓慢的呼吸之中，你会嗅到青草的味道。

Lin Hsiu-chin

Having been raised in a high-rise apartment building, Lin Hsiu-chin is an Amis aborigine from the city. As a child, “Amis” was just a name to her. But one day after leaving home, she saw the Formosa Aboriginal Song and Dance Troupe perform the song “Beautiful Rice Seedlings.” She could barely believe her ears, and promised herself that she would learn to sing the song herself. And as she began to sing, she saw troupe member A-Dao, and the tears began to stream down her face. Just like that, she finished a moving rendition of the the song “Beautiful Rice Seedlings,” with tears accompanying her voice. Even though Hsiu-chin was never experienced the culture of her tribe first-hand as a child, she uses her own method to express a strong cultural understanding of her people.