Kinmen Travel

Museum commemorates the battle of Guningtou (aka battle of Kinmen) where the communists were defeated by KMT in 1949. Due to its sensitive nature, mainland tour groups seldom visit this place. Museum is interesting with exhibits and paintings depicting the battle. A tunnel leads to lookout points.

The Guningtou battle is probably the most important battle (the first big victory) between KMT Taiwan and China PRC in recent history. After taking over the mainland China in July, 1949, in October, China launched two hundreds some boats to invade Kinmen and landing Guningtou to hopefully, take over Kinmen, then Taiwan. However, Taiwan KMT’s Kinmen military exercise got delayed and luckily caught the unexpected assault. Moreover, all the boats got stranded due to tide difference. Thus PRC communist could not send more troops to land Kinmen. All of the communist troops got killed or surrendered. This victory really boosted Taiwan KMT military morale big time. Actually, it may totally changed the whole ball game to let Taiwan survive. The museum has a lot of photos and weapons to display. It’s only 6000 M to Xiamen, China. A must visit spot if you ever come to Kinmen.

Guningtou Battle Museum had few dozen impressive paintings that outlined some of the famous battles that took place in the Beishan area of the island. The English descriptions here were excellent and were informative for those who may not be familiar with the conflict with Communist China.

well. not so special inside the main building but i love to walk outside the building then near with sea side. it has many shelter. love it.

Took a bus out to see this monument but was expecting something better than I saw. There were a few nice tributes and monuments but overall I felt that it was a poor tribute and needed some more informative and eye-catching displays.