00:00China once tried to invade Dimmen but failed,
00:29and subjected them to periods of heavy artillery fire.
00:32In 1958, during what's known as the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis,
00:36China fired over 450,000 shells at the island in just 44 days.
00:42After that crisis eased, China would continue shelling Jinmen for around 20 years,
00:47but only on odd-numbered days of the week, with shells containing propaganda leaflets.
00:53Because of this, many residents of Jinmen learned to live their lives constantly on edge,
00:58and often underground, as many Jinmen homes had underground shelters to protect residents.
01:04It was the way to survive, and it became somewhat of a routine.
01:08Basically, we're going to spend a lot of time in the morning,
01:11the majority of the people in the morning are going to take a little bit of food.
01:15It's called the time to go to the parking lot.
01:18In the middle of the night, you can play a game,
01:19or you can play a game, or you can play a game in the middle of the night.
01:22If you listen to the time, you hear a game, then you can come out.
01:27This is a piece of paper, you can come out and take it out.
01:30This is a piece of paper, you can take it out.
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