Lien-chiang

The Matsu Islands are made up of nineteen islets, which are a part of Lien-chiang county of Fukien province. The total area of the island group is only 28.8 sq km. These islands were uninhabited before the Yüan dynasty. Later, fishermen from Fukien and Chekiang used the islands for shelter and rest. From the Ming dynasty, fishermen began to settle there.

The neighbouring Districts of Lien-chiang and Lo-yuan were injured by the same storm, the former rather the more severely of the two.