Xiamen faces Kinmen across the Taiwan Strait.Compatriots on both sides have close contacts with each other.The narrow strip of water cannot separate them as blood is thicker than water.

• 厦门与金门隔海相望，两岸同胞密切往来，血浓于水的亲缘，衣带水的地缘，把两岸紧紧地联结在一起。