Editing Kinmen (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Bomb shells fired from Mainland China, Kinmen, Taiwan.JPG|left|thumb|Artillery shells fired by the People's Liberation Army to Kinmen in the 1950s]]
[[File:瓊林蔡氏家廟風獅爺.JPG|thumb|A [[shisa]] (wind-lion god) carving in Kinmen]]

The people of Kinmen see themselves as Kinmenese, ''Mínnánrén''<!--ROC pronunciation is Mín, not Mǐn http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&searchid=Z00000031962-->/''Mǐnnánrén'' (people of Southern Fujian), or Chinese. They identify as citizens of the Republic of China but not so much as [[Taiwanese people|Taiwanese]].<ref name="di Genova">{{Cite news |last=di Genova |first=Trista |date=11 July 2007 |title=Study Explores the 'Kinmen Identity' |work=China Post |url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/114701.htm |access-date=20 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104164106/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/114701.htm |archive-date=4 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wei |first=Jian-feng |year=2006 |title=An Examination of Cultural Identity of Residents of Quemoy (Kinmen) |url=http://www.uri.edu/iaics/content/2006v15n1/13%20Jian-Feng%20Wei.pdf |journal=Intercultural Communication Studies |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=136–137 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429171612/http://www.uri.edu/iaics/content/2006v15n1/13%20Jian-Feng%20Wei.pdf |archive-date=29 April 2013}}</ref> Kinmen's strong Chinese identity was forged during the period of the ROC's military confrontation with the People's Republic of China (1949–1992) when Kinmen was under military administration.<ref name="di Genova" /> In the 1980s, as the militarization decreased and martial law was ended on Taiwan, the [[Taiwan independence movement]] and efforts in de-Sinicization grew in strength on Taiwan.<ref name="di Genova" /> To Kinmenese, however, these developments were viewed with concern and there was a feeling that "Taiwan didn't identify with Kinmen".<ref name="di Genova" /> Many worried that Taiwanese ''de jure'' independence from China would lead to the severing of ties with Kinmen.<ref name="di Genova" /> These concerns play a strong role in [[#Politics|Kinmenese politics]] as well.<ref name="di Genova" /> Legally speaking, Kinmenese people are not Taiwanese either and have a unique identity from that of the Taiwanese. "Taiwanization" is sometimes perceived as a threat to the cultural identity of the Kinmenese people.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wan |first=Tsun-Lun |title=Language Revitalization and Perceived Language Shift: A Case of Kinmenese Hokkien |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337085068 |journal=Chinese History and Society / Berliner China-Hefte |type=Preprint |via=ResearchGate}}</ref>

===Language===
Many of the county's inhabitants speak [[Hokkien]]; the [[Quanzhou dialects|Quanzhou accent]] is predominant. Most residents will say they speak Kinmenese, which is mutually intelligible with [[Taiwanese Hokkien]]. The residents of [[Wuqiu, Kinmen|Wuchiu Township]] speak [[Pu-Xian Min]], as opposed to Hokkien for the rest of Kinmen.

===Others===
Kinmen is notable for a number of cultural products. Due to the extensive shelling by the People's Liberation Army in the 1950s, Kinmen is famous for its [[Kinmen knife|artillery shell knives]]. Local artisans would collect the vast amounts of exploded ordnance and make high-quality knives which are still sought after by chefs and connoisseurs. Kinmen is also home of the regionally famous [[Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor|Kinmen Kaoliang]] liquor, a spirit ranging between 38 and 63 percent alcohol, which is highly appreciated by the Taiwanese. Other local culinary specialties include {{ill|Kinmen noodles|zh|金門麵線}}, ''{{ill|kòng-thn̂g|zh|貢糖}}'' and beef [[jerky]] ([[bakkwa]]).

Like the [[Ryukyus]], Kinmen is known for [[shisa]] (wind-lion god) figures (風獅爺).<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 June 2009 |title=Wind Lion God |url=http://www.kmnp.gov.tw/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55&Itemid=79 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504061824/http://www.kmnp.gov.tw/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55&Itemid=79 |archive-date=4 May 2012 |access-date=20 January 2012 |website=Kinmen National Park}}</ref>