Those who made it rich in foreign lands not only sent back money to build houses on Kinmen but also introduced architectural trends from the places they had dwelt in. Based on their memories of architectural forms there, local builders used local materials to build these Western-style mansions.
異鄉打拚致富後，這些僑民不但把錢匯回家鄉蓋厝，也順便帶回了僑居地流行的造屋款式，憑著印象讓建屋師傅以當地的建材自由打造出洋房。