Since the end of the ban on visits to the mainland in 1989 and the subsequent legalization of permanent changes of residence to the PRC, there have been countless visits to the mainland Also, startling amounts of mail have been sent and funds remitted. These figures attest to how much these old veterans, who left their homes as young men, have missed their places of birth.
民國七十六年開放大陸探親以來，每年赴大陸人數及信件、匯款的驚人數字也具體說明瞭這些少小離家的老兵對家的思念。