Lieyu

[3][4] The first people arrived from the Central Plains of China during the Tang dynasty and quickly developed the island.

[5][6] In January 1985, eight Chinese fishermen from a stranded boat were executed on Shi Islet by military orders.

[9][10] The island of Lesser Kinmen is situated outside the mouth of mainland China's Jiulong River and inside Xiamen's harbor[citation needed].

The distance from mainland China at the closest point is only about 5,000 m (16,000 ft) and is located in a very strategic position.

[11] Some of the larger among those islands and islets include:[12] Lieyu Township is divided into five rural villages:[2][14][15][16] The government of the People's Republic of China claims Kinmen County (Jinmen County in pinyin) as part of Quanzhou City in its own Fujian province.

Xiamen City (bottom), Kinmen (left), Lesser Kinmen / Lieyu (center of photograph) and surrounding islands
View from the south shore of Lieyu (Lesser Kinmen): Center is Fuxing Islet ; right side are Donggang Bay & Peninsula, Donglin Shore; left side are Nanshantou & Shaxi Capes; far left in background is Xiamen with Binlang and Shi Islets in between
Map including Lesser Kinmen/Lieyu (1869)
WWII monument of 7 martyrs fending a fortress of Great Wall of China in 1933, built in 1966
Map including Lieyu (Lesser Kinmen) (labelled as Lieh Hsü (Little Quemoy)) ( AMS , 1954)
View from north shore of Lieyu: near mid-left is Binlang Islet on low tide; Xiamen City on the background
Lieyu Township Office