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The Matsu Islands [a] (UK: / ˌ m æ t ˈ s uː / or US: / ˌ m ɑː t ˈ s uː / [4]), officially Lienchiang County [b] (/ l j ɛ n ˈ dʒ j ɑː ŋ /), are an archipelago of 36 islands and islets in the East China Sea governed by the Republic of China (Taiwan), situated alongside the southeastern coast of mainland China.
The Matsu Islands extend 54 kilometers from north to south, with a total area of 28.8 square kilometers, including 36 large islands and reefs. [35] Due to the geographical location, Kinmen and Matsu originally belonged to Fujian, and their daily supplies and customs are almost the same as those in southern and eastern Fujian.
During the Second Sino-Japanese War on September 10, 1937, Japan seized the two Lianjiang islands of Beigan and Nangan via the Collaborationist Chinese Army, making the islands the first in Fujian to fall to Japan. [3] [4] This led the county government to relocate to Danyang Township on April 19, 1941, before returning at the end of the war.
Ministry of Culture: Matsu dialect <1%: 1: By legal definition [a] [clarification needed] Required in Matsu Islands: Ministry of Culture Department of Education, Lienchiang County Government: Wuqiu dialect <1%: 1: By legal definition but not listed [a] [clarification needed] Recognized minority language in Wuqiu Township: Ministry of Culture ...
This privilege also applies to Penghu and Matsu Islands as means to boost tourism in the outlying islands of Taiwan. [ 49 ] On 23 August 2019, the sixty-first anniversary of the beginning of the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis , President Tsai Ing-wen visited the Taiwushan martyrs' shrine ( 太武山忠烈祠 ) in Mount Taiwu where she placed ...
30' 08 E), while the north coast of Beigu Reef [42] on Xiyin (Siyin) is the northernmost of the Matsu Islands. Dongyin itself is the northernmost point of the territory of the Republic of China . The islands are the key transportation hub between Mawei and Shanghai, and are of strategic importance in the Taiwan Strait area.
Previously the Eastern Min varieties in the Matsu Islands were seen as a part of general Fujian varieties. The establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949 severed the Matsu Islands from the rest of Fujian province, and as communications were cut off between the Republic of China (now including Taiwan and without Mainland China) and the PRC, the identity of the Matsu Islands ...
The Matsu Islands (MA-TSU LIEH-TAO) including Beigan Island (Ch'ang-hsü Shan) "The Nationalist-held islands off the Chinese mainland are nominally a part of Fukien Province, but are presently under military administration." (1962) Beigan Island in the East China Sea (labelled as PEI-KAN-T'ANG (ISLAND) 北竿塘) (1954)