Zhushan Village


All a-twitter with birdsong, Zhushan is Kinmen's traditional village core, chock-a-block with low-rise, tile-roofed homesteads built in archetypal Fujian style. Unlike the regimented rows of houses in some other villages, here the buildings radiate organically out from a pair of central ponds. The shrine at building 60 has superb door carvings.

Virtually every old house doubles as a homestay, while building 17 serves coffee (NT$100) and wine (NT$150) plus light meals in the afternoons.


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