Xiang'an District Dali Island and Xiaoli Island , although it is under development, many ancient houses in southern Fujian are still retained. The red brick ancient house is a unique characteristic house in Fujian and Taiwan, and the crystallization of the integration and collision of farming culture and marine culture. Southern Fujian red brick ancient houses, the entire roof is symmetrical, tight, and closed, with a high ridge.
These ancient houses not only have distinctive appearances, but also have round doors and windows, arches, diamonds, or square, and have diverse forms. Some also have "expressions". Three windows can form "embarrassing and magical" faces, and what's more special is that some are still charming "mandarin duck eyes".
On the exterior walls of these ancient houses, through the combined window group, you will see that the "big mouth" made of stones or bricks reveals two "big front teeth". The most interesting thing is that the two "little eyes" on the "mouth" are both looking forward with a bright look.
Some people are tilted, some laugh, and some are acting innocent... The "expressions" are different.
Take a closer look, and the patterns in the two "eyes" (i.e. the two small windows above) are hard and soft, square and round, just forming the mandarin duck eyes. Why are the two small windows of these ancient houses different patterns? Some netizens believe that there is square in the square and round in the circle, which means pairs and reunion.
There are also very important historical relics in the red brick ancient houses in Tajimada Village, Dalishima, Xiang'an District, that is, , the former site of Kinmen County Government. In October 1937, the Japanese invading army occupied , Kinmen Island, . In early 1938, the Kinmen County Government moved here to borrow houses and offices until it was moved back to Kinmen Island after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
The former site of the Kinmen County Government includes: Kinmen County Government Headquarters, Documentary Rooms, Security Teams, Conference Rooms, Yanbing Building, Kuomintang County Party Department, and County Party Secretariat. It is an important historical site for compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to fight against Japan.
