林祥谦名元德,1892年10月诞生在闽候尚干镇圣富桥附近一个贫苦的农家.父亲林瑞和在马尾造船厂当锅炉工.1906,由于生活困难,年仅十四岁的林祥谦进入了马尾造船厂当钳工学徒.从此加入了工人阶级的行列.马尾造船厂具有浓厚的封建性和买办性,厂里的洋人、官僚、监工对工人的压榨是很残酷的.工 Lin Xiangqian Yuan Yuande was born in October 1892 as a poor farmer near Shengfuqiao, a town in southern Fujian, where his father, Linrui, was a boilerman at the Mawei Shipyard. In 1906, Lin was only 14 because of difficulties in his life. Entered the Mawei shipyard as a fitter apprentice .From then joined the ranks of the working class.Metoo shipyard has a strong feudal and comprador nature, the plant’s foreigners, bureaucrats, supervisors on the worker’s crushing is very cruel.