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Designated one of the traditional settlements of Kinmen, the Au-Tsu settlement preserves a group of traditional Minnan-style architectural buildings, though with a more modest appearance. The settlement is divided into upper and lower zones by a "Ku-Chi" (water pool), where the upper section is primarily composed of ancestral halls and two-story grand houses, while the lower section is mainly characterized by single-story four-shutter homes with steep-pitched roofs, displaying the features of a "comb-like layout" intended to regulate temperature. ("Kinmen National Park", Mapping) Visitors who come to Au-Tsu settlement are generally interested in experiencing the daily life of Kinmen locals. Although there are not many tourism attractions here aside from the Ou-Yang Ancestral Temple and Shun-Tien Store, the most genuine life scenes are naturally presented. For example, within Au-Tsu settlement, it is common to see flat-roofed homes. For this coastal community heavily reliant on the sea, the gently sloping flat roofs served as ideal facilities for the sun-drying of seafood. Although the fishing industry is no longer the primary economic source for Au-Tsu, the memories remain imprinted in the landscape, preserving echoes of the past.