Four-Eyed Well & Qianyi Hall Introduction
Zhongyang Old Street is the earliest developed street in Magong and even the entire Penghu archipelago, existing since the establishment of Magong City, with a history of over four hundred years. In the past, Zhongyang Street was the center of life for the people of Penghu, but it has now transformed into a tourist street with the development of Magong City. During the street's development, residents collectively excavated Penghu's oldest Suyuan Well for convenient water access, commonly referred to by the locals in Magong as the Four-Eyed Well. Before the arrival of tap water, it was the main source of water for the community and has been designated as a county-level historic site for its historical significance. The lowest layer of the well features basalt walls, followed by stone walls, and the upper layer consists of red brick walls. The well is named Four-Eyed Well due to the four circular water extraction openings, which were constructed after the well's completion to prevent residents from falling in while drawing water. A granite platform was built, and basalt was used to carve out stone rings with an inner diameter of approximately 35 centimeters, raising the entire well about 30 centimeters above the surrounding road. Similarly designated as a county-level historic site, the Qianni Tang Traditional Chinese Medicine Shop has been passed down to the fourth generation and was the first traditional Chinese medicine shop in Penghu to hire a resident doctor. It is also one of the important landmarks on Zhongyang Street witnessing the colonial era and the flourishing period of the Republic of China. However, Qianni Tang is well-known among tourists primarily because of its medicinal herbal eggs, which almost every visitor to Zhongyang Street is attracted to by the aroma of the herbal egg pot!
Four-Eyed Well & Qianyi Hall
Four-Eyed Well & Qian Yi Tang
