Nanbei Stone Pagoda, Suogang Village Introduction
The Penghu Islands experience strong winter monsoons, so the ancestors built towers at Suogang to ward off the winds. Since there are no high mountain barriers around Suogang, the ancestors constructed two towers at the sea exit as landmarks for residents to identify directions while fishing at sea. Suogang Village is a fishing port in Magong City, known for its abundant catch of tiny squid, making the fishing industry quite developed. Later, this town was referred to as "Suogang Town" due to the Hokkien pronunciation of "tiny squid." The Suogang Stone Towers consist of a South Tower (Wu Tower) and a North Tower (Zi Tower), located to the north of the old settlement, standing nearly three stories high. The site of the stone towers used to have a small hill that served as a protective mountain for the community, but it gradually disappeared due to the strong northeastern monsoons. This led to a local proverb: "A mountain was blown away from Suogang, and the sand dunes were washed to Zhu Mu Shui (mountain water) harbor," indicating that the dunes of the community were blown away to the harbor. Consequently, two large stone towers were built on the original site to compensate for the loss of the protective mountain and the damage caused to the feng shui. The Suogang Stone Towers are conical structures made of black stones stacked in a nine-tiered step shape, making them one of the most primitive forms of stone towers in Penghu. Originally built of black stone, they were rebuilt in the 51st year of the Republic of China using a combination of black stone and cement (made from basalt and cement). The first layer has an area of approximately 66 square meters. Initially, it was a seven-tiered stone "Gan Dang," but after the reconstruction in the 51st year, it was changed to nine tiers, making it the tallest stone tower in all of Penghu, reaching about 14 meters high. [Recommended stay duration] 1 hour.
Suo'ang South and North Towers
Suogang South Tower and Park
