The two islands of Kinmen and Matsu are located off the coast of Fujian.
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金马奖 (Golden Horse Awards), founded in 1962, is the most prestigious Chinese-language film award — often called the 'Chinese Oscars'. The name combines 金门 (Jīnmén, Kinmen) and 马祖 (Mǎzǔ, Matsu), Taiwan's two offshore island groups facing the mainland.
history
The collocation 金马 in older texts (especially from 1950s-1970s) refers to the strategic outposts 金门和马祖 — sites of the 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis (八二三炮战, the Aug 23 Artillery Battle). The film award later borrowed the name as a symbol of cultural defiance and Chinese-language cinema.
