Nanbei Stone Towers, Suogang Village Introduction
The Penghu Islands experience strong winter monsoons, prompting early settlers to build towers at Suogang for wind resistance and to combat stormy weather. With no high mountains providing shelter around Suogang, the settlers constructed twin towers at the coastal exit, also serving as navigational markers for residents during fishing expeditions. Suogang Village is a fishing port in Magong City, renowned for its plentiful catch of squid, leading to its nickname "Suogang Town" due to the local Hokkien pronunciation of squid. The Suogang Stone Towers consist of a South Tower (Wu Tower) and a North Tower (Zi Tower), located just north of the old settlement. The towers stand nearly three stories high, built on a slight hill that used to serve as a natural barrier for the community but has gradually eroded due to strong northeast winds. This gave rise to a local proverb: "The sand hill of Suogang has blown to the bay of Zhu Mu Shui," indicating that the sand dunes of the community have been carried away to the bay, leading to the construction of the two stone towers to compensate for the loss of the natural barrier, addressing the disruption in feng shui. The Suogang Stone Towers are conical structures made of black stone arranged in a nine-tier step formation, considered one of the oldest styles among the stone towers in Penghu. Originally built from black stone, they were reconstructed in 1962 using black stone cement materials (composed of basalt and cement). The base of the first tier covers approximately sixty-six square meters. Initially consisting of seven tiers, the structure was expanded to nine tiers during the reconstruction, making it the tallest stone tower in all of Penghu, standing about fourteen meters high. **Recommended Visit Duration:** 1 hour
South and North Locks Tower
Suagong South Tower and Park
