This is a 5 days trip to Kinmen. We visited 4 Old Villages with Traditional Architecture of Fujian, 8 classic private Western Style Houses, and 8 surrounding historical buildings or attractions located in Jinhu Township, Jinsha Township, and Jincheng Township, to explore the historical story of Kinmen’s ancestors who left hometown for Southeast Asia to make their living.
According to statistics compiled by the Kinmen County Overseas Chinese Association in 1971, there were about 110,000 people living in Southeast Asia, with Singapore having the largest population of about 50,000, followed by Indonesia with about 25,000 people and the Malay Peninsula with about 24,000 people.
At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, they went to Southeast Asia, including East Malaysia, West Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesian islands, Brunei, the Philippines, Thailand, etc., in order to improve their economic.
Maybe not everyone can make a lot of fortune, but as long as they get rich through business, they would remit the money back. In addition to building a western style house for their expected retirement, they would also set up schools to give back to the hometown. This also resulted in the heyday of Western-style building construction in Kinmen from 1910 to the 1940s.
In addition to old villages with traditional architecture of Fujian and western style houses, we also ate local delicacies (10 restaurants in total). Let’s listen to stories, enjoy the beautiful scenery, and eat delicious food together.
Here we also list the attractions and local delicacies of this trip.
․Jinhu Township: Chen Jing-Lan's Western Style House, Military Brothel Exhibition Hall, Babu Café, Old Daddy’s Beef Noodle, A-Liang Fried Chicken Cutlet
․Jinsha Township: Wang Jin-Cheng’s Western Style House, Bishan Village (Cheng De-xin’s Western Style House, Chen Ching-Ji’s Western Style House, Rui-Yu Elementary School), ShaMei Street, MiShiang Oyster Cake
․Jincheng Township: Shui-Tou Village (Jin-Shui Elementary School, De-Yue Tower, Huang Hui-Huang’s Western Style House), Tang Oen-Yauw’s Western Style House (Gu-Gang Elementary School), Zhu-Shan Village, Xu Yun-Xuan’s Western Style House, Mo-Fan Street (Pasar), Zhaishan Tunnels, Biao-Ji Eatery, Yong-Chun Cantonese Congee, Grand Dad’s Soybean Pudding, Yuan-Tou & Liang-Jin Ranch Beef Noodle
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0:00 Opening- Itinerary
0:24 Zhaishan Tunnels
0:52 Diaspora History
2:44 Chen Jing-Lan's Western Style House
3:38 Babu Café
4:12 Military Brothel Exhibition Hall
4:44 Wang Jin-Cheng’s Western Style House
5:37 Bishan Village
6:47 MiShiang Oyster Cake
7:17 ShaMei Street
7:56 Old Daddy’s Beef Noodle
8:45 A-Liang Fried Chicken Cutlet
9:05 Diaspora Statistics
9:34 Biao-Ji Eatery
10:18 Yong-Chun Cantonese Congee
10:50 Shui-Tou Village
12:25 Ou-Cuo Village
13:08 Tang Oen-Yauw’s Western Style House
14:12 Zhu-Shan Village
15:24 Grand Dad’s Soybean Pudding
15:52 Xu Yun-Xuan’s Western Style House
16:32 Yuan-Tou & Liang-Jin Ranch Beef Noodle
17:36 Mo-Fan Street (Pasar)
18:24 Kinmen Airport- Ending
11 июл 2024
