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Both islands have villages as the first-level division within:
Dongjyu and Sijyu Islands were Dongcyuan (東犬 Dongquan) and Sicyuan (西犬 Xiquan) Islands, meaning "Eastern Dog" and "Western Dog" respectively. Sometimes they called the Baicyuan Islands (白犬島 Baiquan) or Baiken Islands (白肯島 Baiken).
They were renamed after the speech Chiang Kai-shek quote, "forget not that you're in Jyü" (毋忘在莒). It refers to the City of Jyu (Ju) during the Zhou Dynasty, where Qi (齊) King prepares a counterattack that retook his State from the State of Yan (燕). This is an analogy of Matsu and Taiwan as bases of the Republic of China to regenerate itself and one day take back Mainland.
Dongjyu, the southernmost of the Matsu Islands, is 2.63 km² and Sijyu 2.36 km². Islets includes like Yongliou (永留嶼 Yongliu) near Dongjyu.
There is one accessible seaport on Sijyu, and two on Dongjyu. Dongjyu is shaped like a dagger, while Sijyu a triangle, so seemingly bigger on maps.
Some cliffs of Dongjyu is severely corroded by wind, creating a strangely aesthetic appearance.
The 19.5-metre (54-step) lighthouse on northern Dongjyu, made during the late Qing Dynasty with granite. The guiding light is in the shape of a clamA clam is any of a number of edible marine bivalve mollusks living in sand or mud on the shores of oceans. Characteristics Clams can be hard-shelled or soft-shelled. The digestible portion of the clam consists of muscles, which allows it to open and close and tge light can reach 16.7 nautical mileA nautical mile is a unit of distance, or, as physical scientists like to call it, length. It is widely used around the world for maritime and aviation purposes. The international nautical mile is defined as exactly 1,852 metres. This definition was adopts. Dongjyu Lighhouse is a second-level national artifact building. In front of the lighthouse, there used to be four mist-cannon for signaling, but has now been removed and placed in the Cultural Museum of Matsu History (馬祖歷史文物館 Matsu Lishi Wenwuguan).
The 42- characterTraditional Chinese and other languages. Simplified Chinese Chinese characters or Han characters (/) are used in the written forms of the Chinese language, and to varying degrees in the Japanese and Korean languages (though the latter only in South Korea) Dapu Stone Inscription (大埔石刻), in Dapu Seaport of Dongjyu, was made during the Wanli era of the Ming DynastyThe Ming Dynasty ( Chinese: ; Pinyin: ming chao was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, though claims to the Ming throne (now collectively called the Southern Ming survived until 1662. The dynasty followed the Yuan Dynasty and preceded the Qing, concerning the capture of pirateThis article is about sea pirates. For other uses see Pirate (disambiguation A pirate is one who robs or plunders at sea without a commission from a recognised sovereign nation. Pirates usually target other ships, but have also attacked targets on shore.s alive. It was reported to the ROC by ROC in 19531953 is a common year starting on Thursday (click on link for the calendar). Events January events January 7 President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. January 13 Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugosl, and Remembering-the-Past Pavilion (懷古亭 Huaigu Ting) was constructed in 1966Events January January 1 In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bedel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. January 2 Strike of public transportation workers in New York City ends January 13 January 3 First Acid Test at the Fil sheltering the stone.
In the sea south of the Sijyu, there is Snake Mountain (蛇山). The main island has a small Green-sail Seaport (青帆港), two water reservoirs and a middleMiddle school and junior high school cover a period of education that straddles primary education and secondary education and serve as a bridge between them. The terms are used in different ways in different countries. In Japan, junior high schools are ca- elementary school, but are not major tourist attractions.
See also: Political divisions of the ROC
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