Kinmen island was first inhabited more than 1600 years ago. And although it only has a population of about 50,000, more than 200,000 people from here have emigrated to Taiwan, Penghu and various places in Southeast Asia. Kinmen is a renowned fountainhead of the overseas Chinese.
金門開基至今已將近一千六百多年，目前雖然只有約五萬人口，但居民喬遷台澎、東南亞各地，總數達二十餘萬，是著名的「僑鄉」。