Qimei People Mound Introduction
According to legend, during the Ming Dynasty, a group of pirates landed on the southern coast of Qimei while the men of the island were out fishing, leaving behind the elderly, women, and children. Among them, seven women were busy farming on a nearby mountain (some say they were washing clothes by the well) when they unfortunately encountered an invasion by Japanese pirates. Rather than submit to humiliation, they chose to jump into the well together. Later, the villagers filled the well with earth, and seven lush incense trees grew in its place. In 1949, County Magistrate Liu Yanfu and General He Zhihao visited to pay their respects. Moved by the story, General He composed a poem called "The Seven Beautiful Ladies" and inscribed it on a rock, which reads: "The Seven Beautiful Ladies, with white jade-like beauty, embraced their integrity, dying together to resist the thieves; their brave souls eternally reside in the solitary fragrant trees, as spring blooms abundantly above the well." The story of the valiant deeds of the Seven Beautiful Ladies was expanded and reconstructed into the "Seven Beautiful Ladies Chastity Park," which attracts countless visitors each year for sightseeing and remembrance.
