Jibei Islet Introduction
Jibei Island has a total area of about 3.1 square kilometers and a coastline of approximately 13 kilometers, making it the largest island in the northern part of the Taiwan Strait and the most popular tourist destination in the country. The terrain of the island is higher in the east and lower in the west, characterized by beautiful beaches and sandbars formed by marine deposition, which is the island's most distinctive geographical feature. The beach is located in the southwestern part of the island and extends southward from Xikanshan. At the end of the beach, a sandbar that juts into the sea, affected by ocean currents, stretches about 800 meters long and is approximately 200 meters wide at its widest point. Around the island, many small and large stone traps have been artificially distributed, with a peak of over 200 during its heyday, and currently only 88 remain. The island is about 5 nautical miles away from Chikan, with a boat ride taking about 20 minutes. Jibei Island is not only one of the fishing grounds off the northern part of Penghu, but due to its large tidal range and extensive intertidal zone, early inhabitants observed fish ecology for a long time and utilized the tidal changes for fishing, building stone traps using the surrounding basalt and coral reefs when the tide recedes. According to records from the Qing Dynasty, during the Qianlong period when the "trap tax" was collected, Jibei had one large trap and four small traps, indicating that the construction of stone traps existed well before the Qianlong era. The waters around Jibei Island are densely populated with stone traps, with the remaining 88 traps accounting for nearly one-seventh of the more than 580 traps in the entire county. During low tide, one can wade across to the northwest island from a local small place named Rongaizi. The coasts on both sides of Rongaizi are densely populated with stone traps, accounting for about half of Jibei's stone traps (approximately 40). This type of fishing trap made from basalt, utilized by residents in the intertidal zone, is a unique cultural landscape of Jibei Island. A popular tourism spot is Jibei Sand Tail, the location where the hit television idol drama "Dolphin Bay Lovers" featured the character Ze Ya (played by Hsu Shao-Yang) meeting Yi Tian-Bian (played by Zhang Shao-Han) in Dolphin Bay. "Have you heard of the legend of the dolphins? It is said that a dolphin once carried a steel ring to help a pair of lost lovers reunite, becoming the guardian of love. In the Dolphin Bay of Tian-Bian, a story of love and legend is passed down!" The airing of this drama brought many fans to this location to追星 (follow their idols). The boat house where Yi Tian-Bian and Xu Ze Ya first met as adults, Yi Tian-Bian’s family's noodle shop, and the bus stop at Dolphin Bay are all focal points captured by fans. Are you one of them? When visiting Jibei Island, besides enjoying the beach at Jibei Sand Tail and imagining the boat house scenes, don’t forget to explore the community to find the home of the female lead, Yi Tian-Bian. If you take photos, feel free to share them with us! Additionally, the healing singer Xin Xiao-Qi’s MTV for "Forget" was filmed in Jibei, capturing the vibrant and colorful summer of Penghu. The popular "Da Ren Ge" - Chen Bo-Lin and Ke You-Lun, also filmed a "7-ELEVEN" image advertisement in 2006, featuring scenes of the two riding a motorcycle under the fluffy white clouds and jumping into the clear waters, all filmed in Jibei.
