Mashan Observation Post — Attraction in Jinsha Town

Another amazing tunnel. I am claustrophobic walking into narrow tunnels, it seemed a bit longer. Quite interesting and I never knew how important this place was till I realised the broadcasting equipment and the channels built to announce firsthand news about the war situations. This was the frontiers of the war so any news they picked up would be broadcasted to the mainland.

The bedrooms of the broadcasters were small. At the lower deck, standing binoculars could see the islands opposite.

A fairly easy to walk path in and out the tunnel. Outside was lined with lots of huge cactus plants and thick foliage. It wasn’t warm during noon time on a weekday.

Parking lots were available. Your buses brought local...

This place mainly served as a broadcasting and observation station. Very interesting place and it’s a wonder how closed it is to Fujian. History says this is the location where propaganda were spread and broadcasted into southern China (interesting facts: mostly by female speakers including the famous Teresa Teng). This place still has military troops stationed here until now. We could see Mainland China building airport in the ocean between Fujian and Kinmen.. Really thick history here, we learnt a lot from our trusted guide, Dan, It wouldn’t be as informative and mind blowing had we came...

You enter through a small door and walk through several corridors dotted with military rooms along the way before reaching the observation post, where there are binoculars to view Mainland China through.

Note that your Taiwanese SIM may lose service near the post. My home SIM actually connected to a Chinese telecom provider while I was there. Quite...