Lieyu
Lieyu
烈嶼鄉 Liehyu, Lieh Hsu | |
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![]() Monument to the August 23 Artillery Battle at the junction of Hupu Road and Jiujing Road | |
![]() Lieyu Township (blue) in Kinmen County (grey) | |
![]() ![]() Lieyu Location in the Republic of China (Taiwan) | |
Coordinates: 24°25′41″N 118°14′06″E / 24.42806°N 118.23500°ECoordinates: 24°25′41″N 118°14′06″E / 24.42806°N 118.23500°E | |
Country | Taiwan (Republic of China) |
County | Kinmen (Quemoy) |
Established | 1949 |
Rural villages | 5 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Hung Juo-Shan (洪若珊) |
Area | |
• Total | 17.155 km2 (6.624 sq mi) |
Population (December 2014) | |
• Total | 11,978 |
• Density | 700/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (National Standard Time) |
Website | lieyu |
Lieyu Township (Liehyu) (Chinese: 烈嶼鄉; pinyin: Lièyǔ Xiāng; Hokkien POJ: Lia̍t-sū-hiong) is a rural township in Kinmen County (Quemoy), Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan). It mainly consists of Lesser Kinmen (Chinese: 小金門; Pīnyīn: Xiǎojīnmén), Dadan, and Erdan, three islands of the ROC located to the west of Greater Kinmen and immediately to the east of Xiamen (Amoy) of the People's Republic of China.[2]
Name[]
According to tradition, Greater Kinmen/Kinmen Island and Lesser Kinmen/Lieyu were originally one island. Lieyu was split-off (裂 lie) from Kinmen Island, hence the name Lieyu.[3][4]
History[]
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The first people arrived from the Central Plains of China during the Tang Dynasty and quickly developed the island. The population quickly multiplied. During the Tang Dynasty, a horse pasture was set up on the island. During the Song Dynasty, a salt works was constructed. During the Ming Dynasty, a frontier command was constructed. During the Qing Dynasty, a garrison was sent to protect against Japanese pirates.
On July 26, 1950, ROC forces on the Dadan Island (Tatan), in total 298 soldiers, repulsed an attack (大擔島戰役) from a People's Liberation Army force of 700 soldiers that landed on the island.[5][6] Donggang Bay was the site of the 1987 Lieyu Massacre.
Geography[]
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The island of Lesser Kinmen is situated outside the mouth of mainland China's Jiulong River and inside Xiamen's harbor[citation needed]. The distance from mainland China at the closest point is only about 5,000 m (16,000 ft) and is located in a very strategic position.
Lieyu Township includes numerous islands and islets.[7] Some of the larger among those islands and islets include:[8]
- Lesser Kinmen (Hsiao Kinmen, Lieyu; 小金門, 烈嶼)
- Dadan Island (大膽島) (5 km (3.1 mi) to the southwest of Lesser Kinmen)
- Erdan Island (二膽島) (6 km (3.7 mi) to the southwest of Lesser Kinmen)
- Sandan, Sidan, and Wudan[9]
- Fuxing Islet (Fuhsing Islet; Phaktia) (復興嶼)
- Menghu Islet (Tiger Island) (猛虎嶼)
- Shi Islet (Lion Islet) (獅嶼)
- Binlang Islet ('Areca Nut Islet') (檳榔嶼)
Administrative divisions[]
Lieyu Township is divided into five rural villages:[2][10][11][12]
- Linhu Village (林湖村)
- Shangqi/Shangchi Village (上岐村)
- Xikou/Sikou Village (西口村)
- Huangpu Village (黃埔村)
- Shanglin Village (上林村)
Politics[]
The government of the People's Republic of China claims Kinmen County (Jinmen County in pinyin) as part of Quanzhou City in its own Fujian province.
Infrastructure[]
Tourist attractions[]
- Bada Tower
- Dadan Island
- Erdan Island
- Hujingtou Battle Museum
- Jiugong Tunnel
- Landmine Museum
- Lieyu Township Culture Museum
- Lingshui Lake
Transportation[]
Water[]
The township houses one ferry pier named Jiugong Pier which sails to Shuitou Pier in Jincheng Township, Greater Kinmen Island.[13]
Road[]
In the future, Lieyu Township will be connected to Jinning Township in Greater Kinmen Island by Kinmen Bridge which is currently still under construction.[14]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ 行政面積. 金門縣政府民政處 Civil Affairs Department, Kinmen County Government (in Chinese). 29 January 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
行政區 面積(單位:平方公里){...}烈嶼鄉 16.003{...}大膽 0.7900 二膽 0.2800{...}復興嶼 0.0500 猛虎嶼 0.0250 獅嶼 0.0070
- ^ Jump up to: a b "History". Lieyu Township Village Administration, Kinmen. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
Also known as the “Little Kinmen,” Lieyu is located southwest to Kinmen island and between Kinmen and Amoy.{...}Our township’s districts include Linhu, Huangpu, Sikou, Shanglin, and Shangchi,
- ^ 歷史沿革. 金門縣烈嶼鄉公所 Lieyu Township Village Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese). 28 July 2017. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
金門民間傳說烈嶼和大金門本是相連,沒有過海,和大金門的水頭有數公尺之土地相連帶。後有一仙人眼見船隻軍要轉來轉去才能轉進港,非常麻煩,就說:「這條港路上的半島,該讓她(離嶼)去,讓出這條港路,好交通船」。金口一開,烈嶼那塊島慢慢裂開,一直開離大金門所以叫「烈嶼」久而久之,就叫成了「烈嶼」。(金門民間傳說)
- ^ Lin 2018, p. 16.
- ^ Lin Ma-Teng 林馬騰 (July 2009). 秘島:大二膽的秘境秘史 (in Chinese). 林馬騰文史工作室. pp. 11, 19–20. ISBN 978-957-41-6438-7.
- ^ "Islet Dadan". Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- ^ 金門縣行政區域圖. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
烏礁 桂子礁 獅嶼 牛心礁 小擔 檳榔嶼 烈嶼 復興嶼 猛虎嶼 兔嶼 石山 大膽島 二擔島 三擔島 四擔島 五擔
- ^ 金門縣土地段名代碼表 (in Chinese). Department of Land Administration. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
地政事務所名稱(代碼) 金門(WA) 鄉鎮市區名稱(代碼) 烈嶼鄉(05){...}段 小段 代碼 備註{...}大膽 0251 二擔 0252 更正 復興嶼 0253 猛虎嶼 0254 獅嶼 0255
- ^ Lin 2018, p. 17.
- ^ 烈嶼行政村. 金門縣烈嶼鄉公所 Lieyu Township Village Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese). 12 June 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
全鄉分為林湖村、上岐村、上林村、西口村、黃埔村,共五個行政村,
- ^ "2018 Local Elections". Central Election Commission. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
Shangqi Vil. Shanglin Vil. Xikou Vil. Linhu Vil. Huangpu Vil.
- ^ 107年地方公職人員選舉 (in Chinese). Central Election Commission. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
上岐村 上林村 西口村 林湖村 黃埔村
- ^ Huang, Huei-min; Yen, William (14 January 2019). "Kinmen and Xiamen to hold joint fireworks for Lunar New Year". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "President Ma: Construction of Kinmen Bridge Signifies Kinmenese Hope" 馬總統:大橋興建代表金門人民希望 (in Chinese and English). Translated by Wilson Chou. Kinmen Daily News. 24 January 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
President Ma explained the reason for building a bridge linking Kinmen and Lieyu (Little Kinmen) as follows: With the resident population of Lieyu Township being only between 2000-3000, transportation is not the primary reason. With what the central government most concerned is Kinmen's status in the overall cross-strait relation and its competition with Xiamen. He believed that with the completion of the construction, Kinmen Bridge will become a marvelous tourist landmark in Kinmem [sic]. 馬總統說,烈嶼鄉的常住人口不過兩、三千人,蓋橋除了考量大、小金門的交通,最主要是看重金門在整個兩岸關係的地位,以及未來面對廈門的競爭。他相信,金門大橋的興建,將成為金門觀光的絕佳地標。
Further reading[]
- Lin, Chih-Pin (林志斌) & Hung Ching-Chang (洪清漳) (2018), 烈嶼西方甲傳奇:佛祖上帝公庇佑的子民, ISBN 978-986-05-8121-8
- Lin Ma-Teng (林馬騰), (2016). 古韻今輝 烈嶼上林鄉社史. ISBN 978-9860504248
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