jinmen

Example Sentences

• "Located at the southern end of the exercise area, Wuqiu Dao consists of two islets - Daqiucun [Dachiu-tsun^([sic – meaning Tachiu-tsun])] and Xiaoqiucun [Hsiaochiu-tsun] with each covering approximately one square km. Formerly a township under Fujian's Putian County, its main dialect is similar to the one spoken in the Putian and Xianyou area. It was placed under the administration of Jinmen County after the Kuomintang Government retreated from the mainland."
• "Chen Yi moved the provincial government inland from the capital Fuzhou to Yongan County in 1938, the same year that the city of Xiamen and Jinmen County fell under Japanese control (see map)."
• "Xiamen City in east China greeted Jinmen County of Taiwan Province with a display of fireworks Thursday night, the first day of the traditional Chinese lunar New Year or Spring Festival. Xiamen and Jinmen face each other across the sea. The two started festive greetings by letting off fireworks in 1987, but Jinmen has stopped the tradition due to a lack of funds."
• "For instance, someone had the strange idea of decorating Mofan Street in Jinmen County’s Jincheng Township (金城) by hanging Republic of China “white sun” flags on one side of the street and People’s Republic of China “five star” flags on the other."
• "The total area of Jinmen county is 153.06 square kilometers. The county has a registered population of 130,461 people and a cultivated area of 6,487 hectares."
• "The same year as receiving this post, Master Hsing Yün [translating 星雲 /星云 (Xīng Yún)] was also invited to propagate the Dharma and confer the Three Refuges among soldiers stationed on Jinmen and Ma-Tzu islands, a task he has continued to perform periodically at various army bases and military academies."