Whether as a frontier outpost or defense bastion, as a foothold for pirates or a base for government troops, Kinmen has always known what it is like to be caught up in war. Indeed, its very name is rooted in its fate as a location sacrificed on the altar of strategy.
在歷史的長河上，金門不論從邊陲荒陬到戍衛的所在，或從海盜盤桓進出的島嶼到設官駐守的要塞，始終都承受著烽火硝煙的侵襲，從其得名由來，即可知金門成為戰略犧牲地的命運。