英文摘要:A small island just offshore Xiamen, Fujian, Kinmen has been close to China for a long time, and most of the populations are immigrants form the Mainland. Naturally, the settlements feature southern Fujian (Minnan) style of architecture. For the past decades, Kinmen has been closed to itself due to years of military conflicts between Taiwan and China, and some of the settlements on the island still remain the original looks. The traditional settlement – “Xiaxing Village” – is selected as the subject of the study. As early as in Sung Dynasty (960-1279 AD), the first settler and the founder of this village, Liu-Lang-Gong, came to Kinmen from his hometown, Chenqing Village, Citou, Jinjiang, and later his family had passed on for nearly 30 generations until now. The offspring had migrated to many places around the world, such as Kinmen, Mainland China, Taiwan, Penghu and as far as Singapore. Four stages in time, Sung and Yuan Dynasties, Ming Dynasty, Ching Dynasty and the time from the establishment of ROC till now, are proposed for the discussion of changes in the settlement, days of military administration, branching of the clan and other factors that have influences on the space structure of the settlement.