Overlooked and Isolated – Memorials on Kinmen
Kinmen is so full of history and tourist sites that it warrants a fourth post. In case you missed them, we’ve already looked at the main town of Jincheng, the military history and the architecture. In today’s post, we’ll take a look at some of the various memorials and monuments that haven’t already been covered. [...]
Overlooked and Isolated – Architecture on Kinmen
For the third part of this series on Kinmen, we’re going to focus on the architecture. To recap, part 1 looked at the town of Jincheng, Kinmen’s largest center, and part 2 focused on the military history of the islands. The island is known for its numerous examples of traditional southern Fujian style buildings. Early [...]
Overlooked and Isolated – Travels on Kinmen
Anyplace boasting a history that includes pirates, classic Chinese architecture and twentieth century battlefields deserves to be a stop on any travelers itinerary but the islands of the Kinmen archipelago are not only overlooked by most, they are often unknown to travelers. Located just a couple of kilometers from the southern Chinese city of Xiamen, [...]
Kinmen’s Military Bunkers
The final flashpoint of the Chinese civil war between Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists and Mao Zedong’s Communists, Kinmen is a small island under Taiwanese control but located 2km off the coast of Fujian province, China. From 1949, throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s, Chinese cannons pounded Kinmen with over one million rounds. The earliest fighting [...]
Kinmen’s Military Bunkers
The final flashpoint of the Chinese civil war between Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists and Mao Zedong’s Communists, Kinmen is a small island under Taiwanese control but located 2km off the coast of Fujian province, China. From 1949, throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s, Chinese cannons pounded Kinmen with over one million rounds. The earliest fighting [...]
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