Introduction and detailed information of Wuqiu Island

To sum up, Wuqiu Island (24 58' 36 "north latitude and119 28' 42" east longitude) is located outside Meizhou Bay, originally belonging to Meizhou Town, Putian City, Fujian Province, and now it belongs to Wuqiu Township (Wuqiu Village) in kinmen county Province. Wuqiu Island is divided into two islands: Big Wuqiu Island and Little Wuqiu Island. Dawuqiu Island is only 15 nautical miles away from Pinghai Town, Putian City, covering an area of about one square kilometer. Little Wuqiu Island is located in the south of Big Wuqiu Island, and it also has fresh water. Xiaoqiu Island, located in the center of the Taiwan Province Strait, is a strategic place. The residents on the island are basically fishermen on Meizhou Island.

1September 4th, 958, China * * * issued a statement on territorial waters, declaring Wuqiu Island as one of the basic points of China's territorial waters.

On May 7, 2002, Wuqiuyu and Meizhou Island in Putian City, Fujian Province achieved direct flights.

History 1872 ~ 1875 from the eleventh year of Tongzhi to the first year of Guangxu, a lighthouse was built in Xiaowuqiuyu.

On May 7, 2002, direct flights were established between Wuqiuyu Island in Putian, Fujian Province and Meizhou Island.

The strategic importance of Wuqiu Mountain in Wuqiu Island is not as attractive as that of Jinmen and Mazu, but it is the stronghold of Taiwan troops against the mainland. Wuqiu Island includes two islands, Daqiu and Xiaoqiu, with a total area of about 1 km2. More than 500 soldiers from a battalion of Taiwan Province Marine Corps are stationed here. Because Wuqiu is close to the edge of the mainland, it controls ports such as Xinghua Bay and Meizhou Bay in Putian, Fujian, and is a corner with Jinmen and Mazu. Monitoring the north-south traffic in the Taiwan Province Strait can monitor the PLA's dynamics and obtain information. The Taiwan military regards it as the most advanced outpost in the defense operations in the Taiwan Strait, and it is an important link to strive for strategic depth.

Wuqiuyu is 24 58.6' north latitude and119 28.7' east longitude.

Wuqiu Island is now listed in Wuqiu Township (Wuqiu Village) in kinmen county, Taiwan Province Province.

After being isolated from the world for half a century, Wuqiuyu (May 7, 2002) achieved direct flights with Meizhou Island in Putian, Fujian for the first time, and 55 villagers from Wuqiuyu visited their relatives in Meizhou in Wu Tai, Jinmen.

Fishery Resources Due to its superior geographical location and unique historical reasons, Wuqiu Island is extremely rich in fishery resources within dozens of nautical miles around Fiona Fang. Known as the "natural fishing warehouse", it is the third largest fishing ground in the East China Sea after Zhoushan Fishing Ground and Penghu Fishing Ground. Fishermen along the coast of Putian can catch not only groupers weighing several kilograms, but also lobsters more than two feet long, eels more than one foot long and hairtail. From time to time, you can see groups of whales and dolphins chopping waves on the water. 1982, a boat of 150 in Pinghai Fishing Station caught thousands of tons (nearly 50 tons) of large yellow croaker in this sea area. ...

Direct flights with the mainland "Fujian Daily" published today reported that Wuqiuyu and Meizhou Island are 18 nautical miles apart. It used to be a village in Meizhou Township, and the residents on the island were fishermen on Meizhou Island. Due to historical reasons, the two sides are close at hand, separated by half a century. After leaving home for more than 50 years, the villagers in Wuqiu village cried with their white-haired mother who came to meet them. Gao Aihua, the daughter who accompanied him back to his hometown, met grandma Li Chuntao for the first time in 28 years. She embraced her grandmother with mixed feelings of sadness and joy. Tang Jinhui, a villager from Wuqiuyu, went back to Meizhou to visit relatives yesterday. His wife, Li Aying, and her two-year-old son, Tang, are the youngest members of the root-seeking group in Meizhou, a villager in Wuqiuyu.

The members of the delegation felt very warm when they returned to Meizhou Island. In the past, when they went back to their hometown, they had to bypass Kinmen, Taiwan Province Province, Hongkong and other places. Not only did the waterway take many days, but the cost was doubled. They hope that the two sides of the strait will realize the "three links" as soon as possible so that relatives on both sides of the strait can reunite at any time.

The intelligence war is more than 0 nautical miles away from Putian Rinan Island 10, and there is an island called Wuqiuyu. In the late period of the Anti-Japanese War, there was a thrilling intelligence war here.

At the beginning of 1945, the Japanese army showed a decline in the frontal battlefield. In order to prevent the Japanese army from fleeing from the sea to the mainland, the Allies decided to send more troops to the Taiwan Province Strait, thus forming an encirclement for the Japanese troops preparing to retreat. However, the climatic and hydrological conditions in the Taiwan Province Strait are unpredictable, and the Allies have no meteorological data, so the war situation is in trouble.

After many reconnaissance, the Allies took aim at Wuqiu Island: there is a beacon station here, which has collected 42 items of marine meteorological data for decades. The island has been occupied by the Japanese. The allied forces demanded that information must be obtained from the Japanese army at all costs in the shortest time. So an intelligence war started around this small island with only 1 square kilometer.

Many years later, a researcher commented on this fierce battle: the scale of the battle was not large, but it was really good. These meteorological data played an important role in the victory of the allied forces in the Pacific battlefield.