Kinmen 823 Artillery Battle Museum (823 砲戰戰史館) is named after the heavy artillery shelling campaign launched by the Chinese Communist Army on 23rd August 1958. Attempting to drive Taiwanese troops out of Kinmen, the Chinese artillery stationed at Fujian started firing across the straits. The mindless bombardments rocked Kinmen for the next 44 days...
De Yue Lou and Zhaishan Tunnel
Next day, we make our way to Shui Tou Village (水頭) in Kinmen. The village is famous for its western-style houses (洋樓) built by Kinmanese who ventured successfully overseas. The western influence is probably due to the time which they had spent in colonial Southeast Asia. And these big houses of these wealthy merchants...