According to historical records, people from China's Central Plains began to move to Kinmen in the year 317 AD to escape the ravages of war. Six clans, surnamed Su, Chen, Wu, Tsai, Lu and Yen, were the first to settle on the island. The Tang dynasty established an administrative government on the island at the muma level.
根據史料記載，金門在晉元帝建武年間（西元三一七年）即開始有中土人士因避兵災而移居此地，蘇、陳、吳、蔡、呂、顏六姓宗族為最早遷至金門的義民。