八二三炮战

八二三炮戰

BāÈrSānPàozhàn

popculture

Meanings

1 823 Artillery Battle
2 Second Taiwan Strait Crisis (1958)
3 PRC bombardment of Kinmen (Quemoy) starting August 23, 1958

Characters

cannon, artillery

Examples

八二三炮战是冷战时期重要的军事冲突。

Bā Èr Sān Pàozhàn shì lěngzhàn shíqī zhòngyào de jūnshì chōngtū.

The 823 Artillery Battle was a major military conflict during the Cold War.

金门至今还能看到八二三炮战留下的痕迹。

Jīnmén zhìjīn hái néng kàndào Bā Èr Sān Pàozhàn liúxià de hénjì.

On Kinmen you can still see traces left by the 823 Artillery Battle.

Tips

history

Starting 23 August 1958, the PLA fired roughly 470,000 artillery shells at the ROC-held islands of Kinmen (金门) and Matsu (马祖) over 44 days. The shelling later settled into a bizarre 'odd-day-only' pattern that lasted into 1979. On Taiwan it is also called 金门炮战 (Jīnmén Pàozhàn) 'Kinmen Artillery Battle'.

culture

After the war, Kinmen turned the millions of leftover shell casings into 金门菜刀 (Jīnmén càidāo) 'Kinmen kitchen knives' — a famous local product to this day.

Stroke Order

八 bā

二 èr

三 sān

炮 pào

战 zhàn