The houses of the Folk Village were built as a clan residence for the Wang family by the rich merchants Wang Kuo-chen and his son Wang Chin-hsiang. These natives of Kinmen grew rich trading overseas in their early years, but still remembered their old homeland.
民俗文化村是王姓家族的同宗聚落，興建這片宅第的是富商王國珍、王敬祥父子，他們一如金門的旅外僑民，早年在外經商，飛黃騰達後仍念著金門的老家。