The atmosphere of culture is everywhere on Kinmen, and the the Council for Cultural Planning and Development records that for its total of grade three and abovelisted monuments the island is second only to Tainan County in Taiwan. There are also 62 wind-repelling lion figurines spread among every village on the island, and many perfectly preserved southern Fukien-style buildings, which are all "ready made" tourism resources.
金門處處充滿人文氣息，根據文建會鑑定，金門在三級之內的古蹟，數量僅次於台灣省台南縣；加上五十三座分佈各村的風獅爺、許多保存完整的閩南式建築，都是現成的觀光資源。