August 23, a Date that Changed Kinmen's History: Some people describe the shape of Kinmen, located on the south coast of Fukien Province, as a pair of barbells dropped onto the sea: it's 20 kilometers wide at either end and just 3 kilometers across in the middle.
「八二三」改變金門有人形容位在福建省南邊海疆上的金門，形狀似掉在海上的一支啞鈴。兩頭寬、中間蜂腰處僅四公里，東西長也不過廿公里。