Kinamen Cultural Travels

Michella Jade Weng, Presenter:
Hi everyone, I��m Michella and this is my friend...

Corey Sanderson, American Expat:
Corey! I��m from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Today we are in Kinmen.

Michella Jade Weng, Presenter:
That��s right, we��re in Kinmen today, a place that was very recently voted one of the top ten small town destinations you must visit when you��re in Taiwan.

Less than an hour away by plane, the island of Kinmen is similar to and yet different from Taiwan. The traditional Minan houses look familiar, but when it comes to foreign influence, instead of Japanese, there are European characteristics, which were brought back by migrant workers who had struck it rich in Southeast Asia.

Shi Siao-fang, Guide:
Since much of Southeast Asia was colonized by European countries, there were European style buildings. So when they returned home, they built houses that were mainly Chinese in style, but incorporated European designs as well.

For 20 years from 1958, Kinmen was bombed by the People��s Republic of China first every day, then every other day. This unexpectedly gave birth to the island��s famous cutlery industry.

Wu Zengdong, Cutlery Craftsman:
Over 970,000 shells landed in Kinmen. Usually steel of the highest quality is used to make artillery shells. When we first started using the steel from these, we made farming tools out of them. Then people from the local markets started ordering knives made from these shells too.

Some 60 to 80 knives can be made from each shell, and most knives are made from the ones that didn��t explode into a million pieces, but rather carried and released into the air propaganda from the PRC once they reached the skies above Kinmen.

Corey Sanderson, American Expat:
I found that along with the history, the culture is very extensive. People say things like Taiwan is a small island, so you can see it all in a week. That��s definitely not true. Even Kinmen, it��s very small but I don��t think you can discover everything just in a few days.

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