發現大批子彈莫名其「廟」

While remodeling(1) the Houlong Temple in Xiashu Village of Jincheng Township, the restorers(2) found 45 bullets for .30 caliber(3) machine gun in the shrine.(4) They halted the project immediately and reported to the military command. A bomb disposal(5) squad(6) from the Combined Logistics(7) Command's Regional Support Command in Kinmen went over and took the bullets back to the barracks(8) to destroy them.
金城鎮夏墅「后龍宮」整修，修廟匠師在神龕內發現45顆國軍三○機槍子彈，立即停工，並向軍方通報，由聯勤金門地區支援指揮部未爆彈處理小組帶回銷毀。

Two craftsmen, respectively surnamed Chen and Cai, inadvertently(9) discovered those bullets in a double-layered plastic bag when they were renovating(10) Houlong Temple, situated behind Wujiang Hotel, in the morning. Upon receiving the report, Captain Tian Yingxin, Chief of the Combined Logistics Command's Bomb Disposal Squad in Kinmen, led his team to the site right away. They counted 45 of .30-caliber machine gun rounds used by ROC armed forces. The bullets were intact(11) and could still be used. The squad took them back to their base for disposal.
位於浯江大飯店後側的「后龍宮」，上午進行整修工程時，修廟的陳姓、蔡姓匠師進行神龕整建，不意發現雙層的塑膠袋內裝有子彈，聯勤金門未爆彈處理小組接獲報案，由組長田英欣上尉率領組員到現場處理，清點子彈共45顆，為國軍使用的三○機槍子彈，屬於未擊發彈，仍有威力，帶回部隊處理。

According to the locals, Houlong Temple was built over two decades ago. The bullets found might have been discarded(12) in the shrine then by troops under redeployment.(13)
民眾表示，「后龍宮」有20多年歷史，發現的子彈可能是部隊調走時正逢建廟，隨手丟棄在神龕內。

■1. remodel-(vt.)改建；重新塑造。
■2. restorer-(n)修補者；修復者。指從事古厝的匠師。
■3. caliber-(n)口徑。
■4. shrine-(n)神龕；聖殿。
■5. disposal-(n)處置；處理。
■6. squad-(n)班；小組。
■7. Logistics-(n)後勤。
■8. barrack-(n)營房、營區。
■9. inadvertently-(adv.)不慎地；非故意地。
■10. renovate-(vt.)修理；改善；修繕。
■11. intact-(adj.)完整無缺、未受損傷的。
■12. discard-(vi.)丟棄、拋棄。
■13. redeployment-(n)調遣；調防；重新部署。

資料來源：金門縣政府

本文原載於98年6月17日《金門日報》