The "3 Hero Islands" of "Big Deng" , Little Deng and Horn Islet, lie only 1.8km from Taiwan controlled Jinmen Island.

The Dadeng Island Frontline Broadcast Station is a memorial to the heavy bombard-ment the "3 Heroes" suffered on August 23, 1958. A tour of the under-ground bomb shelter is sobering.Lights flickers, and loudspeakers blare recordings whistling bombs

Do a little shopping in Dadeng's Taiwan commodities market. A big-seller is the famous Jinmen cutlery made of recycled bomb casings.

Located along the southeastern coast of the Chinese mainland, Dadeng Island is an important tourist attraction in Xiamen in Fujian Province. It is only a few kilometers away from Jinmen Island of Taiwan.

Collectively known as Three-Hero Islands, the Dadeng, Xiaodeng and Jiaoyu islands were of strategic importance in modern Chinese history, given their role in the defense of the Chinese mainland against possible attacks by the Kuomintang in Taiwan back in the 1950s.

The Three-Hero Islands are tiny compared to Xiamen Island. Dadeng Island is 75 kilometers away from the city center of Xiamen, and was previously linked to the mainland via a causeway. However, in 2006, the causeway was replaced by a new bridge, which now serves as the main access to the islet by road.