Nanbei Stone Towers, Suogang Village Introduction
Penghu Islands are affected by strong winter monsoons, which led the ancestors to build towers at Suo Port to calm the winds. As Suo Port is surrounded by low terrain without high mountain barriers, the ancestors constructed two towers at the maritime exit as navigational markers for fishermen. Suo Port is a fishing harbor in Magong City, renowned for its abundant cuttlefish, making the fishing industry quite prosperous. This town later became known as "Suo Port Town" due to the Minnan pronunciation of cuttlefish. The Suo Port Stone Towers consist of the South Tower (Wu Tower) and the North Tower (Zi Tower), located north of the old settlement and standing nearly three stories high. The site of the stone towers used to be a small hill that served as a supportive backdrop for the community, but it gradually eroded due to the strong northeast monsoons. A local proverb arose: "Suo Port took away a mountain, and Zhu Mu Shui took away a bay," explaining how the sands from the community were blown to the bay at Zhu Mu Shui. Therefore, two large stone towers were built on the original site to compensate for the loss of the supporting mountain, addressing the damage caused by changes in Feng Shui. The Suo Port Stone Tower is a conical structure made of black stones arranged in a nine-tier step design, considered one of the most primitive forms of stone towers in Penghu. Originally built with black stones, it was rebuilt in the 51st year of the Republic of China into a structure made of black stone cement (composed of basalt and cement). Its footprint is approximately 66 square meters on the first level. Initially a seven-tiered stone structure, it was changed to nine tiers after reconstruction in the 51st year of the Republic of China, making it the tallest stone tower in all of Penghu, standing approximately 14 meters high. 【Recommended visit duration】 1 hour.
Suogang North and South Towers
Suo Gang South Tower and Park
