The three villages of Kuningtou, which bore the brunt of several attacks, originally had 700 or 800 homes (including quite a few Western-style houses, thanks to its proximity to Amoy and donations from overseas Chinese) but now, because of the ravages of war and its location in the Communists 'line of fire, only a few dozen remain.
譬如幾次戰役均首當其衝的古寧頭，早先因為靠近廈門，加上華僑接濟，洋樓不少；但後來為戰爭破壞，又在中共砲擊射程內，原來三個村有七、八百戶，如今僅剩幾十戶。