In the 1930s it would have cost 5000 silver yuan to build a red-tile-roofed dwelling in Kinmen. By way of comparison, a wedding at that time would have cost 130 yuan to put on.
民國 20 年代，在金門蓋一棟紅瓦紅磚的房舍約需 5 千銀元，而當時的結婚花費不過 130 銀元。