Shuitou Village & Deyue Tower
水頭聚落·得月樓
Kinmen's most beautiful overseas-Chinese hometown village, where Minnan-style ancestral houses stand alongside Nanyang-style mansions; Deyue Tower is the iconic watchtower house.
Shuitou Village lies southwest of Jincheng Township, near Shuitou Pier. In the late Qing and early Republican periods, many clansmen went to Nanyang (Southeast Asia) to trade, and after they prospered they returned home to build houses. This created a streetscape where red-brick, swallowtail-roofed Minnan houses and Western-style mansions stand side by side, leading to the saying "Shuitou is rich, first in Kinmen." Deyue Tower was built in 1931 by wealthy merchant Huang Huihuang as a four-storey watchtower to guard against pirates. Next to it, Jinshui School presents the history of the overseas-Chinese hometown. The village can be visited freely, while Deyue Tower and Jinshui School are open roughly 08:30 to 17:00. You can stay in a guesthouse in a traditional house, and the village has extra atmosphere in the evening when there are fewer visitors.
Opening hours
Village open all day; Deyue Tower approx. 08:30–17:00
Nearby sights
- Jiangong Islet
- Gugang Lake & Gugang Tower
- Zhushan Village
- Juguang Tower
- Qiu Lianggong's Mother Chastity Arch
- Zhaishan Tunnel
- Mofan Street
- Qing Kinmen Garrison Headquarters