Shueitou village is located in the southwest of Kinmen island. In the Yuan dynasty, the Huang family and the Lee family moved here first from Twong-an County of Fujian. Afterwards the Tsai family and the Chen family followed suit. All of these families have made Shueitou a multi-clan village. Shueitou is a culturally rich and diversified village, which embraces many scenic sites such as "Deyue Tower & Western Style Houses," "Jinshuei Elementary School", "Huang Family Youtang Villa," "Stories of the Overseas Chinese," and "Overseas Chinese Hometown Cultural Exhibition Hall," etc., all representing a combination of Chinese and Western culture. Walking along the alleys at Shueitou, one can easily admire the village for its cultural combination of traditional Fujian style houses and those of western style.
水頭村位於金門島的西南方，在元朝時就有黃姓、李姓先民由福建省同安縣遷移至此，後來又有蔡姓、陳姓等陸續遷進，使水頭成為多姓血緣的村落。水頭村是一個豐富且有多樣文化的聚落，整個水頭聚落包含「得月樓洋樓群」、「金水國小」、「黃氏酉堂」、「出洋客的故事」和「僑鄉文化展示館」等，呈現中西合璧的景觀。走在水頭村的鄉間小路上可以同時欣賞傳統的閩南建築與西洋樣式的「番仔樓」。

The Huang Family Youtang Villa is rated as a national historical relic of second class. It was built in the Ching dynasty (A.D.1766) by a wealthy millionaire whose name was Huang Jyun (also called Huang Bai-wuan, or Millionaire Huang). He made a great fortune doing business in Southeast Asian countries and became the richest man in Kinmen at that time. Then he came back home to build the villa. On the front door of the villa, there hung a tablet carved "You Tang," hence the name of the villa. The villa was once used as a local private school, and was later designated by Commander Hu Lian as an official news agency during his tenure of office in Kinmen.
黃氏酉堂是國家二級古蹟，興建於清朝乾隆三十一年（西元1766年），當時的金門首富黃俊（又名黃百萬）因為到南洋經商賺錢，便回鄉興建這處別墅。別墅門前掛有『酉堂』的橫額。早期的酉堂也是私塾的場所。在胡璉司令官的任內也曾作為官方的報社。

Tourist: The houses here differ a bit from those of Cyonglin village. Especially this one with a pond in the front.
遊客：這裡的房子跟瓊林的聚落有些不一樣。尤其是前面有水池的造景，很特別。

Tour Guide: The pond of the villa is called "Sun Moon Pond." With the Sun Moon Pond in the front, and the hills in the back, this villa has the characteristics of a stylish Soochow garden.
導遊：這個水池叫做「日月池」。房子前面有日月池、後面有山丘，是屬於江南庭園式的建築。

Tourist: Then it is one of the few houses in Kinmen with a pond.
遊客：那可算是金門地區少見的囉！

Tour Guide: That's right. There are few traditional houses in Kinmen that have a pond of their own. Two of them are the "Sun Moon Pond" and the "Half Moon Pond" of the Folk Culture Village at Shanhou.
導遊：是的。金門傳統建築中擁有水池的並不多。其中有水池的是水頭黃氏酉堂的「日月池」和山后民俗文化村的「半月池」。

Tourist: There are some western-like houses here. Are they also among the traditional houses of Kinmen.
遊客：這裡還有幾棟洋樓的房子，也是金門的傳統建築嗎？

Tour Guide: Well, the western-style houses were owned by the local people who had gone to Southeast Asian countries doing business and had become rich. After returning to their hometown, they built the houses blending Chinese style and Southeast Asian colonial architectural style together. Hence, the houses have an exotic flavor.
導遊：這些洋樓是早期金門人到南洋一帶辛苦賺錢後，返回家鄉所蓋的房子，所以，把中國和南洋殖民建築風格融入住宅之中，建造出富有異國風格的建築。

Tourist: May I take a look at one?
遊客：可以進去參觀嗎？

Tour Guide: Yes, you may. Kinmen National Park has designed the houses around "Deyue Tower" as a site for display, along with the two exhibits, "Stories of the Overseas Chinese" and "Overseas Chinese Hometown Culture" for display. Both of the exhibits are the main attraction.
導遊：可以。金門國家公園將「得月樓」附近洋樓群設計為展示館，並以「出洋客的故事」和「僑鄉文化」作為展示主題，非常吸引人。

Tourist: Do you have any other ways to let me know more about these western houses?
遊客：有什麼方法可以讓我更瞭解這些洋樓嗎？

Tour Guide: The exhibition hall has pictures with subtitles. These pictures can help us trace back the time when the houses were first built. The subtitles let us realize how hard the emigrants worked to earn their money. You can also understand how people made a living in the early stages of Kinmen.
導遊：展示館以圖畫加文字敘述的方式來呈現，圖畫讓我們追溯到洋樓建造時的情境；文字的敘述讓人體會先民到南洋時，辛苦賺錢的情境；可以深深瞭解早期金門居民的生活情形。

Tourist: I have to experience it myself. It's just unimaginable.
遊客：這樣的體驗一定要親身經歷才行，是無法用言語來形容的吧！

Tour Guide: Definitely. And seeing is believing.
導遊：的確！而且，百聞不如一見喔！（二十三）


■1. followed suit-動詞片語，「跟著做」的意思。
■2. clan-(n)家族、宗族。multi-是「多重」的意思，兩者合在一起是「多姓氏」之意。
■3. embrace-(vt.)包含、包括。另有「擁抱」之意。
■4. villa-(n)別墅，位於郊區的住宅。
■5. designate-(vt.)指定；委任、指派。
■6. tenure-(n)任期。
■7. Soochow-此處是「蘇州」的音譯。原文為「江南」，但對外國人來說，蘇州就是江南的代表，因此翻譯時把「江南」轉譯為「蘇州」。
■8. colonial-(adj.)殖民地的、殖民的。
■9. subtitle-(n)說明或（電視、電影）對白的字幕；副標題。


資料來源：金門縣政府
原書作者：陳建民、漢貴恩