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Penghu's islands display columnar basalt, the Penghu Great Bridge linking Baisha and Xiyu, and the Twin Hearts Stone Weir on Qimei.
Within the regional setting of Taiwan, the spatial identity of Penghu County is first captured by this local fact: “Penghu's islands display columnar basalt, the Penghu Great Bridge linking Baisha and Xiyu, and the Twin Hearts Stone Weir on Qimei.” It points to an observable local combination in which the setting of Penghu County is shaped by both environment and lived practice. Historical development brought natural conditions and human activity into repeated negotiation, leaving traces in settlement, routes, and memory. Specific places and continuing lives turn a broad regional relationship into experience that can be observed and checked. The meaning of Penghu County rests in specific places and continuing life, not only in its name or formal classification.
A chain of basalt islets in the middle of the Taiwan Strait — fishing lights and ancient village houses, the historic relay station and forward fortress between the two shores.
Taiwan's oldest Mazu temple and a national historic monument, Penghu Tianhou Temple holds the Ming stele recording Shen Yourong ordering the Dutch to withdraw.
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Nicknamed the Yellowstone of Penghu, Tongpan Islet rings its shore with sea-carved basalt columns and a lotus-shaped rock platform.
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A grand bridge spans the turbulent Houmen channel, while nearby a three-century-old banyan spreads its aerial roots to shade the village of Tongliang.
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Magong's Shuncheng Gate is the last surviving gate of the Qing-era Penghu city walls, paired with sturdy Jinguitou Fort guarding the channel into Penghu Bay.
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