Kinmen (金門), historically romanized as Quemoy, is an archipelago lying just a few kilometers off the coast of Xiamen in Fujian Province, close enough to see mainland China from its shores. The islands were the site of the Battle of Guningtou in 1949, where Nationalist forces repelled a Communist invasion that might otherwise have ended the Republic of China, and the 823 Artillery Bombardment of 1958, when nearly half a million shells fell in 44 days. Decades of martial law and heavy garrisoning inadvertently preserved one of the finest collections of traditional southern Fujianese architecture in existence. Since 1995 roughly a quarter of the island is now protected as Kinmen National Park.
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Wentai Pagoda (文臺寶塔), Jincheng Jinsheng Theater (金聲大戲院), Dongding Island Lighthouse (東椗島燈塔), Lantian Theater (藍天戲院), Shanwai Zhongzheng Hall (山外中正堂), Jinsha Theater (金沙戲院), Wuqiu Lighthouse (烏坵嶼燈塔), North Wind God (北風爺), Jindong Theater (金東戲院), Dongxi Wind Lion (東溪風獅爺), Shanwai Theater (山外戲院), Kinmen Theater (金門大戲院), Chen Jian Tomb (陳健墓), Lieyu Qingqi Martyrs Temple (烈嶼青岐烈女廟), Guan’ao Wind Lion (官澳風獅爺), Jinxi Theater (金西戲院), Lieyu Guoguang Theater (烈嶼國光戲院), Houtou Wind Lion (后頭風獅爺), Qiaosheng Theater (僑聲戲院), Chen Zhen Tomb (陳禎墓), Haiguang Theater (海光戲院), Wuwei Theater (武威戲院), Qionglin Cai Family Ancestral Hall (瓊林蔡氏祠堂), Kinmen Zhuzi Shrine (金門朱子祠), and Xifang Wind Lion (西方風獅爺).