Thick Stone Skirt Reef Introduction
Liuqiu Island is home to many rugged and bizarre rocks, most of which are concentrated near the "Thick Stone Skirt Reef" on the southeastern coast. Traveling from the Wugui Cave along the ring-road, one is greeted by a massive rock that resembles a red gourd. Its top is lush with foliage, and from a distance, its overall silhouette looks like the head of a Native American, thus it is called the "Red Gourd Stone." Further down, with a bit of imagination, one can find a rock that looks like Guanyin, facing the sea with its back to the mountain, sitting gracefully by the shores; upon closer inspection, its facial features are quite distinct! In addition to the Red Gourd Stone and Guanyin Stone, there are also the Ivy Stone, Polar Bear Stone, and the Yawning Stone, among others. When visiting this area, don’t just take a quick photo and leave; let your imagination run wild and come up with names for these strange rocks, and craft an exciting narrative around them. The hollows in the Thick Stone Skirt Reef area were once used by ancestors for salt drying. Due to the favorable geographical and geological environment, it is well-loved by the residents, and with everything on the island being put to good use, it truly deserves to be called Taiwan's only coral reef island.
Hou-shih Skirt Reef
Guanyin Rock
