Sampan Family (1949)

Presents through the daily activities of the Ling family, who navigate the Min River in Fukien Province, the story of Chinese families who live and make a living aboard the sampans. Shows the daily fishing that earns the family’s livelihood, life aboard a small boat, and the ways the family, from babies to the old people, work together as a team.Presents through the daily activities of the Ling family, who navigate the Min River in Fukien Province, the story of Chinese families who live and make a living aboard the sampans. Shows the daily fishing that earns the family’s livelihood, life aboard a small boat, and the ways the family, from babies to the old people, work together as a team.

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