Kinmen (Chinese Traditional Chinese characters refers to one of the two standard sets of printed Chinese characters, the other being simplified Chinese characters. The modern shapes of traditional Chinese characters first appeared with the emergence of the clerical script during the Han Dynasty, and have been more or less stable since the 5th century The retronym: 金門; pinyin Pinyin , or more formally Hanyu pinyin (汉语拼音 / 漢語拼音), is currently the most commonly used romanization system for Standard Mandarin. Hanyu (汉语 / 漢語) means the Chinese language, and pinyin (拼音) means "phonetics", or more literally, "spelling sound" or "spelled sound". The system is now used:Jīnmén; also romanised In linguistics, romanization or latinization, alternately spelt as latinisation or romanisation , is the representation of a written word or spoken speech with the Roman (Latin) alphabet, or a system for doing so, where the original word or language uses a different writing system (or none). Methods of romanization include transliteration, for Quemoy from coastal Min nan The Southern Min language, or Min Nan , ("Southern Fujian" language) is a family of Chinese languages which are spoken in southern Fujian and neighboring areas, and by descendants of emigrants from these areas in diaspora. In common parlance, Southern Min usually refers to the Hokkien, in particular the Amoy and Taiwanese. Amoy and (in early Spanish romanization); literally "Golden Door" or "Golden Gate"), is a small archipelago An archipelago is a chain or cluster of islands that are formed tectonically. The word archipelago is directly derived from the Greek ἄρχι- - arkhi- ("main") and πέλαγος - pelagos ("sea"). In Italian, possibly following a tradition of antiquity, the Archipelago (from medieval Greek *ἀρχιπέλαγος) was the of several islands An island or isle (/ˈaɪl/) is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets. A key or cay is another name for a small island or islet. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot, /ˈaɪ.ət/. There are two main types of islands: continental islands and oceanic administered by the Republic of China The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, is a state in East Asia that has transformed from a single-party state with full global recognition and jurisdiction over China into a democratic state with limited international recognition and jurisdiction only over Taiwan and minor islands, though it enjoys de facto relations with many other (ROC): Greater Kinmen (大金門), Lesser Kinmen Lieyu or Lesser Kinmen is one of the islands of the Kinmen group. It is in the Taiwan Strait, on the coast of Fujian. Geographically it is very near to Xiamen (Amoy). Administratively the island forms the Lieyu Township (烈嶼鄉) the Kinmen County of the Fuchien Province of the Republic of China. The People's Republic of China claims the Kinmen (小金門), and some islets As suggested by its origin as islette, an Old French diminutive of "isle", use of the term implies small size, but little attention is given to drawing an upper limit on its applicability. Administratively, it is Kinmen County of Fujian Province, Republic of China Fujian Province is a province on the coast of southeastern China. Since 1949, Fujian has been split between two separate governments: the vast majority of Fujian province has been governed by the People's Republic of China (PRC); while a number of offshore islands have been governed by the Republic of China (ROC) government in Taiwan. The PRC and. The county is claimed as part of Fujian Fujian (Chinese: 福建; pinyin: Fújiàn; Wade-Giles: Fu-chien; Postal map spelling: Fukien, Foukien; Hokkien: Hok-kiàn; Foochowese: Hók-gióng; Hakka: Fuk-kian) is a province on the southeast coast of China. Fujian borders Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait's Quanzhou The People's Republic of China claims Jinmen County, more widely known as Quemoy, as part of Quanzhou, but the territory is currently under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China Prefecture by the People's Republic of China b. ^ Information for mainland China only. Hong Kong and Macau are excluded. In addition, the territories under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, are also excluded (PRC). Some islands of other counties, such as Wuciou Wuqiu is a group of islands comprising two major islands, namely Greater Qiu Islet and Smaller Qiu Islet, in the Taiwan Strait. Administratively the Wuqiu Township is part of Kinmen County of the Fujian Province of the Republic of China. Its name means "black mound", were transferred to the jurisdiction of Kinmen County by the ROC government following its retreat The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang (KMT or Chinese Nationalist Party) and the Communist Party of China (CPC). The war began in April 1927, amidst the Northern Expedition,. The war represented an ideological split between the Western-supported Nationalist KMT and the Soviet-supported Communist CPC. In mainland China the war is to Taiwan. Matsu The Matsu Islands (traditional Chinese: 馬祖列島 or less frequently, 馬祖群島 p=Mǎzǔ Lièdǎo or Mǎzǔ Qúndǎo) are a minor archipelago of 19 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait administered as Lienchiang County (or Lianjiang) (連江 Pinyin: Liánjiāng), Fujian Province of the Republic of China (ROC). Not all of what is is the other set of islands on the Fujian coast controlled by the ROC.
Many of the county's inhabitants speak the Southern Min language The Southern Min language, or Min Nan , ("Southern Fujian" language) is a family of Chinese languages which are spoken in southern Fujian and neighboring areas, and by descendants of emigrants from these areas in diaspora. In common parlance, Southern Min usually refers to the Hokkien, in particular the Amoy and Taiwanese. Amoy and (Hokkien Hokkien , also called Fulaohua (simplified Chinese: 福佬话; traditional Chinese: 福佬話; pinyin: Fúlǎohuà; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hok-ló-oē), or Quanzhou–Zhangzhou[citation needed], is a variant of Min Nan Chinese spoken in southern Fujian, Taiwan, and by many overseas Chinese throughout Southeast Asia. It is closely related to Teochew,). Due to their previous political isolation, most residents will say they speak "Kinmenese", as opposed to "Taiwanese Taiwanese Hokkien is a variant of Min Nan, closely related to the Amoy dialect. It is often seen as a Chinese dialect within the larger Sinitic language family. On the other hand, it may also be seen as an independent language since it is not mutually intelligible with Mandarin. As with most “language/dialect” distinctions, how one describes" as it is commonly called in Taiwan, though the two dialects are mutually intelligible. It is geographically very near Xiamen Xiamen , also known as Amoy (English: /ˈæmɔɪ/), is a coastal city in southeastern China. It is administered as a sub-provincial city under Fujian province in the People's Republic of China. It looks out to the Taiwan Strait and borders Quanzhou to the north and Zhangzhou to the south, no more than 2 kilometers.
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