page_title: Lieyu
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Lieyu / History
caption_attribution_description: 中文（繁體）‎: 金門縣烈嶼鄉小金門島English: Lesser Kinmen in Lieyu Township, Kinmen County
context_page_description: Lieyu Township is a rural township in Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China. It mainly consists of Lesser Kinmen, Dadan, and Erdan, three islands of the ROC located to the west of Greater Kinmen and immediately to the east of Xiamen of the People's Republic of China.
context_section_description: The first people arrived from the Central Plains of China during the Tang Dynasty and quickly developed the island. The population quickly multiplied. During the Tang Dynasty, a horse pasture was set up on the island. During the Song Dynasty, a salt works was constructed. During the Ming Dynasty, a frontier command was constructed. During the Qing Dynasty, a garrison was sent to protect against Japanese pirates.
  In 1950, Dadan was the site of a minor battle in the Chinese Civil War. Donggang Bay was the site of the 1987 Lieyu Massacre.
caption: Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu)
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