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lights of Kinmen 2007 金門之光

Maestro Wu makes Swords into Ploughshares.

from Cold War to entrepreneur, a famous Kinmen knife-maker; Wu Tseng-dong was on working to make a knife...

 

In just the 44 days of the August 23rd Bombardment of 1958, 470,000 shells fell on Kinmen. Over the following 20 years, the Communist China shot off over another half a million more "propaganda shells"...

 

they use bomb shells to make the best quality knives, includes: machetes, butcher’s knives, penknives and collectiable knives, as well as "August 23 memorial knives"...

 

to view my Kinmen images for CNN Traveller Jul/Aug, click Isle of Fight.

to view all my photos taken in Kinmen, click Kinmen set.

 

將炮彈彈殼製成各式廚刀,享譽世界的「金門菜刀」吳師傅;吳增棟先生正在為我示範製刀的過程,火花如萬箭射出.....

此張相片獲得金門縣金城鎮公所2007年舉辦的「留念金城及浯島城隍文化觀光祭」攝影比賽留念金城組優選,作品名稱為「金門之光」。此張照片著作權已授權與金城鎮公所無限制使用於任何公益用途上。

 

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