page_title: Lin Daoqian
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Lin Daoqian / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: One of the cannons in front of the Ministry of Defence, Bangkok, Thailand. Photo taken before the re-alignment of the canons in 2004, so it points toward Wat Phra Kaew, not to the south like it does now. The canon depicted may be Phraya Tani (พญาตานี), or the cannon cast to be a replica of it. (can anyone identify it). Photo taken by User:Ahoerstemeier in 2003.
context_page_description: Lin Daoqian, also written as Lim Toh Khiam and Vintoquián, was a Chinese pirate of Teochew origin. He led pirate attacks along the coast of Guangdong and Fujian, but they were driven to Taiwan by the Ming dynasty navy commanded by Yu Dayou. He later moved to South East Asia, and became established in Patani where he died.
context_section_description: It is thought that Lin's activity in the area may have influenced the migration of Teochew people to Thailand in later years. A Dutch merchant Olivier van Noort mentioned meeting a group of traders from Patani in Brunei in 1601 and that their community in Patani was Chinese enough to have their own king and used the same laws as in China. Another Dutch report of 1603 by Jacob van Neck estimated that there may be as many Chinese in Patani as there were native Malays. Many Malays in Kru Se, Patani claim descent from Lin, although they may have been descendants of his followers who married local women.
  A cannon, the Phaya Tani cannon that some believed was made by Lin, was taken to Bangkok after Pattani was captured by Siam in 1785 and is now placed in front of the Ministry of Defence in Bangkok. The cannon is used in Pattani as a symbol of the province. A replica of Phaya Tani was created and placed in front of Krue Se Mosque in Pattani in 2013, but it was damaged by separatists who saw it as 'faked' and wanted the return of the actual cannon.
caption: The Phaya Tani cannon that some believed was created by Lin, now placed in front of the Ministry of Defence in Bangkok
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