My name is Olivia Lim. My ancestor came from Jincheng Town. I am a fifth generation Kinmenese in Singapore. This trip back to my great grandparents’ home town was very touching.

This time when I visited Kinmen, I went with my sister and my two cousins, it is also my second time in Kinmen. What interested me the most was the ZaiShan tunnel and the ShuiTou village that we visited. The tunnel was very interesting, although I had been there before, it was still entertaining to walk through the tunnel, as I learned more things about it this time. This time, I saw many holes in the wall as well as a huge one with a flock of birds living inside. I enjoyed the ShuiTou village as it was very big and cool to see things from the past. I also saw a cat near a store and it was very cute. The entire trip was fun to travel with many others like us, and explored Kinmen old town with my sister and cousins.

The hotel was vintage and cosy, there was a vintage looking make-up desk that my sister used. The food at the buffet was very tasty, there were many options, and we had sufficient time to get ready to have breakfast in the morning. The most memorial lunch was the hotpot, it was self-served and everyone had their own hotpot. I loved the food they served.

I also enjoyed the HouPuTou museum, where it is a big mansion to understand how people lived.

The villages we visited were windy and cooling, I enjoyed the villages and towns with the kind and polite people.

I visited a place where my great great grandfather had placed a wrote a stone tablet on top of a mountain that we hiked up with my cousins. We chatted along the way up and it was very fun. In the afternoon, we also visited my great great grandfather ‘s house in the ton, it was a special experience for me, and I began to think how they lived in those conditions 100 years ago.

I felt that this trip brought me closer to my cousins, as well as my ancestors, I appreciate the Kinmen government to invite us to tour Kinmen with open hands and treating us well during our trip. I feel that Kinmen is a very interesting and cool place with many more places to explore. I think I would like to come to Kinmen again in future, to explore and visit more places that my ancestors had been to, and to understand more about how they live in those hardship days, that make me appreciated more on my life today in Singapore.

我是林妍雅，我的祖先来自金门金城镇。我也是第五代的新加坡人。这次的金门返乡之旅，令我非常的感动。

这次的旅程，是我与我姐姐，堂兄与堂姐一起来的。在这之前，我来过金门一次。最令我印象深刻的是翟山坑道和水头村。尽管我以前去过翟山坑道，因为这次有详细的解说，让我更了解它的历史，更了解它建起来的心酸史。除了历史，我也发现坑道上的墙上有很多的洞，其中一个比较大的洞里，发现很多鸟儿住在里面，对我来说这是非常有趣的。我们也去参观了水头村，里面有各式各样的古时候的摆设，让我了解以前金门人的生活。我也看到一只很可爱的小猫躲在一间店里面。全程我们与来自各地的金门人一起参观，我觉得很有意义。

我们住的饭店也很复古与温馨，我的姐姐很喜欢那个复古的化妆台。饭店里的自助餐很好吃，选择也很多，我们都有充分的时间吃早餐。最特别是午餐自助火锅，每个人都有一个小火锅，可以选择自己喜欢的东西吃。

我们也参观了后浦头文化馆，让我了解了以前人的生活。我们拜访的村落很凉爽，在地的金门人也都很友善。

在最后一天，我们一起去登山，山上有一个石碑，是我的高祖父所立的。在路上我们一面登山一面说话，很有趣。到了下午，我们去了我高祖父的家，这对我来说是一个很特别的感受，也让我了解100年前我的祖先是怎么生活的。

我觉得这次的旅程，拉近了我与我堂兄姐的感情，还有我更了解我的祖先。我很感谢金门政府主办这个旅程，对我们宾至如归。我会再去金门的，去了解我的祖先以前所经历过的各种艰辛的生活与事物，好让我更珍惜在新加坡的生活。